To maintain the beauty of your candle, maximize your scent throw, and burn safely refer to these simple steps:
Always remove packaging, adornments, and labels prior to lighting your candle.
Always place your candle on a level, heat resistant, non-flammable surface. Keep candles away from fabrics, drapes and other flammable objects.
Always keep your candles out of reach of children and pets.
Choose an area to burn your candle that is free from drafts or wind when possible. This can cause your candle to burn unevenly.
Wax and containers will become very hot, do not attempt to move your candle while burning or while container is hot.
To maximize the scent throw of your candle, allow it to burn (especially the first time) long enough that the pool of wax it creates reaches the edge of your candle. The larger the melt pool, the more scent you will smell in the room. Your candle will also burn down more evenly and reduce “wax waste” along the sides.
Burning your candle for 2 to 3 hours at a time is ideal.
Prior to lighting your candle trim the wick to ¼ inch. After burning straighten and center the wick when the wick is cool to touch and wax is still pliable. This promotes even burning. Do not touch the wick immediately after extinguishing flame!
At times you may notice your candle smoking, this can be due to the following:
cause: wick needs to be trimmed
fix: extinguish candle and trim the wick to ¼ inch
cause: carbon build up or “mushrooming” on the wick
fix: extinguish candle and trim off the carbon buildup with scissors
Other times some smoking may be due to the scent in the candle, the more concentrated the scent is in a candle the more likely you will notice smoking at times.
Keep your candles out of direct sunlight, while each candle made by Tiago Designs has a UV light absorber in them to help prevent discoloration, your candle can still fade and distort/melt when in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time.
HURRICANE INSTRUCTIONS:
It is very important to keep your hurricane candles out of drafts so the flame stays centered and the core burns evenly.
Gently pull your cooled wick to center after burning when wax is warm to touch yet still pliable.
Keep your wick trimmed to 1/4 inch so the flame doesn't burn too hot and melt the sides of the hurricane shell as it burns down.
Please remember that Hurricane candles contain real or artificial embeds in the shell that can be flammable. Never leave a Hurricane unattended. Following these instructions for your Hurricane candle greatly reduces this risk.
If you follow these instructions the hurricane shell should remain intact once the core has burned away. The fun part is getting to reuse the hurricane with a tea light candle! While it is likely to reuse the hurricane shell with a tea light it is not guaranteed. Good luck and enjoy!