Craft & Design
Candle Wick Size
Wick recommendation (CD, ECO, LX series) by container diameter and wax type.
Candle Wick Size
Inputs
Results
CD series
CD-10
ECO series
ECO-10
LX series
LX-16
These are starting points. Always test-burn to confirm full melt pool within 2-3 hours without mushrooming or tunneling.
How to use this
Container diameter drives wick size — the flame has to pull heat all the way to the glass wall before the candle forms a memory ring on its first burn. Under-sized wicks tunnel; over-sized wicks smoke and mushroom.
Soy’s lower melt point means it needs a slightly larger wick than paraffin of the same diameter. Heavy fragrance loads (above 6%) also ask for one size up because the oil slows the wax’s capillary action.
Formula
Pick a size from the diameter band, then +1 step for soy wax and another +1 step for fragrance loads above 6%.
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Formula
wick = band(diameter) + soy_bump + heavy_fragrance_bump