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DESCRIPTION 

Wooden wicks create a unique horizontal flame. In larger diameter candles, wooden wicks can produce a full melt pool with only one wick eliminating the need to use multiple wicks (in most cases). Wooden wicks create an alluring crackling sound when burning for added ambiance. Being rigid, wooden wicks are very easy to use, saving time and money in production. There is no need to secure to a wick bar or dowels and no straightening is needed as there is with cotton wicks, which require a great deal of time to set up. Wooden wicks do not mushroom, have little to no carbon build-up, no debris and no sooting. Wooden wicks provide a modern, unique and more upscale look to enhance a candle’s value.

>> Wicks are sold without metal holders. You can buy them here.

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According to the manufacturer 

• the thickness of 0.5 mm is suitable for coconut, apricot, palm, and paraffin blends (LA)
• the thickness of 0.75 mm is suitable for natural blends (paraffin + soy blends)  (LB)
• the thickness 1.0 mm is suitable for 100% soy or other vegetal waxes, colored waxes  (LC/LD)

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 

>> Wicks are sold without metal holders. You can buy them here.

 APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS

Please note, due to the manufacturing process, there can be a tiny amount of variation in wick dimensions. Typical sizes are as follows:

• 3 choices Thickness: 0.50 mm (w.02),0.76mm (ww.03), 1.0 mm (ww.04)
• 4  choices Width: 9.53 mm,12.7 mm, 15.88mm, 19.05 mm
• Length: 152mm and 127 mm (see table below)

NOTE : 100% VEGETAL WAXES ARE WELL SUITED WITH THICKNESS 1.0 mm (LC AND LD)

Brown wood can discolor waxes due to a high level of natural tannins.

Advantages :

• Wooden wicks achieve a fast melt pool formation for quick and excellent hot throw
• Wooden wicks produce a tantalizing crackling sound when burning
• Wooden wicks have no mushrooming with little carbon buildup, debris, or sooting
• Wooden wicks are rigid and require no straightening
• Wooden wicks can be used in all candle wax types
• Wooden wicks are applicable to the container, pillar, and votive candles
• Our wicks are sourced and manufactured in the USA from Fsc-certified mills
• As there are not so many sizes you don't spend a huge amount of money to find the suitable one for your system jar/candle

Crackling natural wooden wicks wax compatibility

CRACKLING BOOSTER WICK IS THE ORIGINAL BOOSTER WICK FITTED WITH A 5MM BOOSTER WICK.

Brown wood can discolor waxes due to a high level of natural tannins. The crackling sound, the hotter burning, and the darker color of the wood, which can stain the wax, are caused by tannin, a naturally occurring substance in wood that is accumulated by some trees. Tannins are phenolic compounds of plant origin, which have many hydroxy groups, which accumulate in various parts of the plant - bark, wood, leaves, and fruit.

PATENTS & MARKING YOUR PRODUCTS

As a distributor of Lumetique's wooden wick technology, we have an obligation to ensure that any and all licensees are marking their covered products and providing constructive notice to the public that the product is patented.  As such, you will be required to mark any products made using our wooden wicks with a patent mark.

All candle products (whether a wooden wick, candle, box, hang tag or another form of packaging) must be consistently and always marked as being covered by the applicable patents and patents pending.

HOW DO I MARK MY PRODUCTS?

Mark the candle product itself with the following patent marking:

Pat. www.lumetique.com/patents

RECOMMENDATIONS (SIZES) 

>> Wicks are sold without metal holders. You can buy them here.

According to the manufacturer 

• thickness of 0.5 mm is suitable for coconut, apricot, palm, and paraffin blends
• thickness of 0.75 mm is suitable for natural blends ( paraffin + soy blends )
• the thickness of 1.0 mm is suitable for 100% soy or other vegetal waxes, colored waxes

Indicative inner diameters for wooden wicks, Lumetique Crackling Booster Wick with soy or rapeseed /coconut  in container candles as a starting point

• inside jar diameter ~50/60 mm - wick width 9,5 mm,
• inside jar diameter ~60/70 mm - wick width 12,7 mm,
• inside jar  diameter ~65/75 mm - wick width 15,9 mm,
• inside jar diameter ~75/85 mm - wick width 19,1 mm,

When using rapeseed/coconut wax blend you might need at least 1 size smaller wick.

Fragrance oil content and type can change the burning diameter of the wick, e. g. the wick therefore will burn weaker or stronger. We recommend that you carry out a  burning test first

• Wicks are sold in packets of 10 items. 
• Wicks are sold without metal holders. You can buy them here.

Unlike conventional cotton wick holders, wooden wick holders can be reused because they are not deformed when the wick is attached to them. You can reuse them so buy only as many holders as you need and reuse the available ones.

Wicks LA, LB, and LC are 152.4 mm in length, just cut this wick in half and you are ready to make two 30-cl candles.

Wicks LD is 127 mm in length, just cut this wick and suit in a 30 cl glass and a 250 ml tin and you are ready to make two candles.

Wooden wicks do not self-trim - if the flame becomes too tall after burning for 4 hours, it is time to trim  Your wick. 

It is advisable to use 6% of fragrance oil concentration to wax mass in order to avoid any side effects of the burning process (when the flame is too high, too many black specs in the wax, wax is burning too fast, poor hot throw of the fragrance oil, very hot jar that is impossible to touch).