Wick Dipper

At Hadwin House we are 100% obsessed with creating the perfect candle and are equally obsessed with candle care education. If you've purchased candles recently in our store, you may have gotten a card showing best candle care methods because we are dedicated to your best candle experience. Who knew candles needed care? 

Years ago when I lived in Florida, and before I was a candle maker, I was introduced to candle care by another reputable candle line and was blown away at what I learned. Seeing as how we use the finest, cleanest ingredients we can to make a clean-burning and amazing candle, why not give a little care to the investment so you can enjoy it a little longer. Let me explain. The wick dipper is a long stem with an angled end that allows you to dip the wick into the melt pool to extinguish the flame. 

Why would one do that??? The reason is 2-fold. For one, the flame is put out immediately and as opposed to blowing out or snuffing out, it fully extinguishes the flame which eliminates smoke and soot, and that icky smell afterward. Secondly, it re-coats your wick in the wax which will add hours to your candle. BE SURE TO STAND YOUR WICK BACK UPRIGHT. As you get to the bottom of the jar, dipping may present a challenge so at that point I recommend just blowing it out. 

Also, it's vital to trim your wick to 1/4 in before lighting. NEVER leave a candle unattended and avoid burning longer than 4 hours. (that goes for ANY candle company). I have added videos on social media about how to best care for your candles. So there you have it, that is why we use the wick dipper thingy and we love it. Once you start using it, you'll never want to blow out a candle again!

This method of snuffing eliminates wick smoldering and smoking, keeping your house freed from smoky residue and odors. Wick dippers are for container and pillar candles only. The perfect companion to our coordinating Candle Wick Trimmer.

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The ideal wick length is ¼ - ½ inch, and trimming the wick thereto length at purchase and beyond is usually recommended. A wick that's too long will cause excess smoke and sooting, plus excess wick debris to gather at the highest of the wick, not fun and not safe. An untrimmed also can cause the candle to burn too hot, which may affect the fragrance and cause your candle to spend faster than necessary.

Trimming the wick dipper is straightforward enough when your candle is new, but that gets tricky when the candle has been burned a couple of times. Enter wick trimmers. Awkward scissor wick trimming, be gone!