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Candle Making Basics: Container Candle Foundations
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Welcome to Container Candle Foundations.
Why Many Container Candles Fail
The Container Candle System
Why container diameter matters more than height
How to measure container size correctly
Container size categories and difficulty
Container shape and heat behaviour
Understanding wax as fuel
Common container wax behaviours
Why wax affects wick size
What a wick actually does
Why wick charts are only starting points
Testing wick ranges instead of single sizes
Learning to read a candle burn
Matching container, wax, and wick
Why other people’s candles don’t translate exactly
Diagnosing common container candle problems
What a “good” container candle really is
Testing with intention
Where to go next