One of the most important elements of candle making is test burning your finished candle. Test burning is especially important if you decide to sell or give away your candles. On a side note, when selling or giving away candles make sure there is a “burning instruction label” on the candle to insure safe burning procedures. Test burning allows you to make sure the candle burns properly. Make sure to monitor the scent throw, burn pool and wick for a couple of hours. If the wick goes out by itself at anytime during your test burning it could be caused by over scenting, over coloring and/or the wrong size wick.
Below is a Test Burn Data Sheet to help keep track of your test burning.
EZ Test Burn Data Sheet
Date: ________________________
Wax Type: ____________________
WickType/Size: ________________
Scent Name: __________________
Qty. Used: ____________________
Color Type: ___________________
Color Amount: _________________
Burn Start Time: ________________
Burn Stop Time: ________________
Burn Diameter: _________________
2nd Burn Start:__________________
2nd Burn Stop: _________________
Burn Diameter: _________________