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Question about candles… How can you stop a pillar candle from burning straight down the center?

Or are they supposed to not "melt down" ?

What I do is cut around the edges and it keeps the candle burning straight across.. BUT.. that means that I have to cut around the circular edge of the candle a couple or more times a day

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2 Responses to “Question about candles… How can you stop a pillar candle from burning straight down the center?”

  1. Richard K says:
    March 5, 2010 at 10:19 am

    What I do is cut around the edges and it keeps the candle burning straight across.. BUT.. that means that I have to cut around the circular edge of the candle a couple or more times a day
    References :

  2. Steven W says:
    March 5, 2010 at 10:40 am

    The issue stems from the fact that the heat from the flame is so localized that the larger the diameter of the candle, the less heat is spreading to the exterior. Heat does rise afterall, and in that small a flame, will not radiate very far on a horizontal plane.

    Steven Wolf
    References :
    Physics 101

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