Candle Safety Tips: How to Use Candles Safely in Your Home
Candles can add warmth and ambiance to any room, but it's important to use them safely to prevent accidents and fires. In this blog post, we'll go over some simple candle safety tips to help you enjoy your candles safely in your home.
Always keep an eye on your candle. Never leave a candle burning unattended, especially in a room where children or pets are present. It's also a good idea to keep candles away from flammable materials and open windows.
Use a sturdy candle holder. Make sure that your candle holder is stable and won't tip over easily. Glass candle holders are especially prone to breaking, so be sure to use caution when handling them.
Trim the wick. Before lighting your candle, trim the wick to about 1/4 inch in length. This will help prevent the flame from getting too large and keep the candle burning evenly.
Don't burn your candle all the way down. When a candle burns down to the bottom, it can create a risk of fire. To prevent this, extinguish the candle when there is about 1/4 inch of wax left.
Extinguish the candle properly. When you're finished using your candle, extinguish it by using a candle snuffer or blowing it out. Never use water to extinguish a candle, as it can cause the hot wax to splatter.
By following these simple candle safety tips, you can enjoy your candles safely and without worry. Remember to always use caution and common sense when using candles in your home.
Candle Care Guide
Before we begin, I would first like to thank you for purchasing our candle(s). What you hold in your hand is a labor of love, our pride and joy. We didn’t start out making candles, but they have slowly became our niche.
With that being said, we want you to have the best experience possible and to get the most out of your candle. Here are a few tips on how to make that possible.
First things first…. Always, Always, Always burn your candle on a heat resistant surface and never leave your candle unsupervised. After all, we are technically ‘playing with fire’.
“Always burn candles on a heat resistant surface.”
We always want to make sure that our candles are placed away from curtains, table cloth, clothes, or anything flammable. Also, be sure to keep away from the edge of the table where it can be easily knocked off or pulled off by a child or animal.
Next tip is to trim your wick. It is recommended to trim your wick to approximately 1/4th of an inch before lighting. This helps you get a nice clean and and even longer burn.
Now that we have done all that, it is now time to light and enjoy your candle.
However, we just have one last tip before we go.
Have you ever light a candle, blew it out and the next time you light it, no matter what, it doesn’t really want to burn? If you have, Then you did not burn your candle long enough. The first burn of your candle needs to burn for about 3 hours in order to create a melt pool.
You can think of the melt pool as a candle’s muscle memory. You want to give your candle time for a muscle memory to develop, so to speak.
We hope that these steps have helped you, we want you to enjoy every bit of your candle from us. We enjoyed making them and we just want you to have the opportunity to experience the love that we have put into each and everyone. Again, Thank you so much for your support. - Liebe