How To Replace A Candle Wick

In this video we replace a candle wick. Call it a "wickectomy".

Why replace your wick? Any candles that fail your performance or safety tests because of the wick aren't sufficient to be sold, but can still be salvaged and "retried" with a new wick size.

You may also employ this strategy when you're searching for the right wick in a new candle design - just test until the wick fails and swap it out with another!

Candle making comes down to testing and testing again - using this technique allows you to increase your testing speed and iterations without tossing out a bunch of failed candles.

You can even use this method to breath new life into candles with improperly sized wicks so they can burn safely in your home!

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[sudharaghavan]

Most sensible and effective saving candle wick salvage!

[marvalentin]

OMG, thank you so much 👍👏👏. I was about to throw away some new candles, and very upset about that, but your video changed my mind. Yay 👏👏👏

[talentiquechels]

Thank you so much for this!! I can save so much money using this technique

[teemims]

Thank you for this video! While I wasn't able to fix my candles this way, you gave me an idea that saved 30 candles!!

[richardm]

this is great for experimenting with different vessels!

[periseanbaltimore]

and think i've just been wasting wax by burning the wrong wick size until completion, genius

[jerriFreedom]

Thank you so much for this. I just found you. I was wanting to make beeswax or if you could a beeswax coconut oil blend without added fragrances. Which apple corer did you find that doesn't bend ...?

[kooroshrahimi]

can someone please answer this question🙏
I am starting my candle business soon and I`ve watched the candle testing video so I was wondering if my candle passes the testing I should do this method to replace my wick and sell it? or when I done testing my candle I should again make another candle using the same process ?

[marrg]

This is fantastic :) Does the new wick stay in place given that the surface of the jar cannot be cleaned in this process?

[jessicasonsoucie]

This is a life saver! Thank you, sir! 🙏🏼

[JannaBanana]

When you make a candle, does the wick need to be glued to the bottom?

[yourfavpersuasion]

how do you do this when you have no more wick left and you just want to put new ones in to continue burning that 1 inch of wax left? i want to do that with my bath and body works 3 wicks.

[itoshiigrauben]

One can also heat the candle in an oven at 250F for 10 minutes to fully liquify the wax in the final stage

[natashiadanielleenriquez]

Thank you for this vid Kevin! Because of this vid I found out that this candle I made, had its fragrance oil settle at bottom of the jar. have you experienced this?

[paigehall]

Great videos! Can you also make a video of how to make a wickless candle and then adding the wick to test and find the correct size?

[nataliavega]

Thank you for this video! Can I do the same with wooden wicks?

[tamikaadams]

Life saver and changer! Thanks sir! This doesn't affect the HT or CT?

[laraaa]

How long to u need to wait to burn it ? Few hours, 24h or longer?

[conniecarroll]

WOW cool no one showed this to fix my candles thanks

[candacebruno]

And thank you so much for the video because I made 24 candles with the wrong wick over the weekend and I was literally about to throw all of those candles away!! I was crying!!! And so frustrated so again thank you for the video