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Candle Safety
Candle Burning Season is here.....please use caution
when burning candles.
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Most fires occur due to misuse, such as leaving
candles unattended or too close to combustibles or flammables.
It may sound obvious, but sometimes the obvious can be overlooked.
Therefore, do not burn a candle near drapes or other
combustible or flammable materials.
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Always keep a burning candle away from children.
They can be mesmerized by the pretty glow and warmth, but children's
natural curiosity to touch or play with a candle has been a cause of
many fires.
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While our Soy Candles do burning cooler, they can
reach temperatures of 135 degrees and melted wax can burn the skin,
especially a child's delicate skin.
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Many fires are started due to pets knocking the
candle over.
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Pets can also get too close to a candle without
knocking it over. Your family pooch or kitty cat will not look
pretty or smell very good with singed hair.
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Never move or walk with a
burning candle. Allow the wax time to cool.
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Please be sure to extinguish your candle when
leaving home or going to bed. In other words, never leave a burning
candle unattended.
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Protect your surfaces. Always place your candle on a heat resistant
surface.
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Never burn candles all the way to the
bottom. You should extinguish your candle with about 1/2"
of wax remaining on the bottom. After this point, your candle
can burn too hot, cause damage to your surface, and become
unpredictably.
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Use a wick
dipper or other object to extinguish the flame. Do NOT blow it
out. Not only does the smoke smell, there is a possibility of a fire
due to embers from the wick. Using a wick dipper will also
prime your wick for your next use.
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Keep your wicks trimmed to 1/4" to avoid excess
smoke or high flame.
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While your candle smells great, looks great, and is
made with natural soy bean wax, do not eat the wax. Aside from
a health risk due to consumption of a non-edible item, the fragrance
oil used to make your candle smell great will taste absolutely
awful.
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Handle your candle
with care, as the container is fragile. Do not use if your jar
is cracked, chipped, or scratched. The heat can cause
the damaged glass to shatter.
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Always keep the flame away from the sides of the container. If
the wick becomes off center, slowly move it back towards the center
of the container.
Candle Care
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While different fragrances can play a role, the circumference of
your candle general determines the
proper burning time. As a rule, we recommend that you burn your candle for one hour for
every inch in diameter of the container. Too little or too long of burning can
cause the candle to burn poorly.
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Wick care is also a very important part of burning a candle.
It is generally recommended to trim the wick to ¼ of an inch before each
lighting. If the candle is smoking or mushrooming while it is burning,
extinguish your candle and trim the wick using caution. If the candle is not burning all the
way across the jar, let the wick grow a little longer.
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It is also recommended to keep candles away
from drafts such as windows, heating vents, or busy doorways. A regular draft
will push the flame to one side causing the candle to burn poorly.
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Your candle should be stored at room
temperature. Direct sunlight WILL cause fading in as little as five minutes.
Heat WILL cause swelling. The wax melts completely at 135 degrees. Please
don’t leave the candles in unprotected places such as trunks, sheds, garages
and back seats.
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Candles perform their best when used at
temperatures of 65 to 85 degrees. Temperatures outside of that range may
experience different burning characteristics.
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Keep candle wax free of matches, wick
trimmings and debris.
If you follow the above, you should get many
hours of enjoyment out of your candle.
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