How to Use Wood Wicks in Your Candle Business | Testing Your Wooden Wick Candles

Wood wicks have the reputation of being complicated and finicky. So is it possible to grow a candle business using only wood wicks?
We did, and want to share some tips and tricks we learned from making and selling over 100,000 wood wick candles last year.
Candle testing will be the most important part of ensuring you are making quality wood wick candles. Eric has spent the last year developing My Candle Tests - an app that streamlines the candle testing process. This app will allows you to take 3 second videos of your candles during your candle testing process, and eliminate vague words like "nice flame" or "big flame." It is what we use daily at Fontana for documenting all of our candle tests.
Plus, it automatically calculates the total burn time of each candle - no manual calculations required!
To learn more about My Candle Tests, please visit our instructional video: • My Candle Tests: How t...
My Candle Tests is currently only available on the Apple App store: apps.apple.com...
Timestamps:
00:15 importance of testing
00:39 managing our wicks
1:30 quality check of raw materials
1:48 wick clips
2:08 using multiple wood wicks
2:45 testing Makesy's ultimate wick
3:38 wick centering tool
4:19 our candle testing app
Resources:
Makesy Wood Wicks: makesy.com/?rf...
Norden Candle Supply wicking and centering tools: nordencandlesu...
*We are now a Makesy affiliate, so if you shop our above link, we will receive a commission. There is no additional cost to you.

[@miaandethanandjordan7747]

Amazing video. What type of wax do you use?

[@collin4828]

Great video! I am wondering what you use to secure your wicks to the bottom of the jar, it seems that the tabs don't come with glue.

[@x8oN3zX]

I poured my 1st candles using wooden wicks. There seems to be a small mound of wax around the wick. Have you ever experienced this before?

[@kristinmccomb7923]

Have you guys experienced issues with the Makesy wood wicks not staying lit?

[@Shettieb]

yes, i'm experiencing this problem constantly. What feedback are you receiving

[@brynnzundel]

I would love to see beeswax tips and tricks!

[@thecandlecouplepodcast]

Thanks for your suggestion! We will see what we can do!

[@laluetperez]

Android app when?

[@thecandlecouplepodcast]

App development is extremely expensive, so we will work on Android once the Apple app makes money that we can reinvest back into it!