How To Read Stock Candle Wicks

Zinc Cored Wicks (Container, Votive, and Tea Lite Candles)
Zinc core wicking is used in many applications such as tea-lights, votives and container candles. Zinc burns the coolest of all the cored wicks and offers the near rigidity. These wicks are constructed by using 100% natural fibers in the cover with the zinc cadre. Zinc cored wicks are about effective in alkane based waxes and VersaGel, they are not recommended for apply in natural/renewable waxes. If using a one-pour wax yous may need to increase in size.

Newspaper Cored Wicks (Votive, Tea Light, and Container Candles)
3 lb.Gyre | 8oz.Roll | Wick Material | Application |
Burn Rate (gm./hr.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
Westward-61-P | W-22B-P | 10-38 Paper | Small containers | 3.5 | 543 |
W-60-P | W-22A-P | 28-24 Spec. Newspaper | Tea-lights and small votive candles | iii.2 | 514 |
West-62-P | Due west-22C-P | 28-24 Paper | Tea-lights and small votive candles | 3.4 | 514 |
Due west-63-P | Due west-22D-P | 34-24 Paper | Extra small containers less than ane″ and minor votive candles | 3.6 | 521 |
W-65-P | West-22-P | 34-forty Reg. Paper | Pocket-size to 1-two″ containers and votive candles | 3.2 | 437 |
West-64-P | W-22E-P | 36-24 Paper | Small to i-ii″ containers and votive candles | 3.6 | 537 |
Due west-66-P | W-23-P | 34-40 Spec. Paper | Small to ane-2″ containers and votive candles | 4.6 | 395 |
Due west-67-P | W-23A-P | 36-24-24 Paper | Medium 1-2″ containers and votive candles | 4.seven | 399 |
W-68-P | Westward-23B-P | 44-xx-18 Paper | Medium 2-iii″containers and votive candles | 6.2 | 381 |
West-69-P | W-24-P | 44-24-eighteen Paper | Medium 2-3″ containers | 5.5 | 350 |
West-lxx-P | W-24A-P | 44-28-xviii Paper | Medium 2-3″ containers | six.five | 301 |
Due west-71-P | W-24B-P | 44-32-18 Paper | Medium to large 3-i/2 – 4″ containers | 6.6 | 249 |
W-72-P | Westward-25-P | 51-32-18 Newspaper | Medium to large 3-1/ii – 4″ containers | half-dozen.1 | 245 |
W-73-P | W-26-P | 60-44-18 Newspaper | Large 4″ containers | 8.7 | 206 |
W-74-P | W-27-P | 62-52-18 | Large iv″ containers | 7.5 | 183 |
Square Braided Wicks (Pillar, Taper, and Large Container Candles)
Foursquare braided wicks were originally designed for beeswax candles but tin can exist used in all types of waxes. Their open construction and special treatment brand them a good selection for glutinous textile (beeswax and vegetable waxes). Square wick is designed to give yous a curl when it is burned to minimize carbon buildup. This wick is synthetic of 100% natural fibers with a special treatment. This wick is very constructive in big containers or as custom wick assemblies. Bachelor in 8 oz. rolls and three lb. bulk rolls.
four lb. Roll | 8 oz. Roll | Wick Cloth | Application |
Burn Charge per unit (gm./hr.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
W-40 | Westward-9 | half dozen/0 | Small 1-2″ pillars and tapers | four.6 | 840 |
W-41 | Due west-10 | 5/0 | Small to medium ane-2.v″ pillars and tapers | 4.9 | 755 |
W-42 | Due west-11 | 4/0 | Pocket-sized to medium 1-2.5″ pillars and tapers | 5.5 | 580 |
W-43 | Due west-12 | 3/0 | Medium 2-3″ pillars | vi.i | 500 |
West-44 | W-13 | two/0 | Medium 2-3″ pillars | half dozen | 440 |
W-45 | West-14 | 1/0 | Medium 2-3″ pillars | seven | 395 |
W-46 | W-15 | #1 | Medium 2-3″ pillars | 7.iii | 360 |
W-47 | West-16 | #2 | Large iii-4″ pillars | vii.v | 300 |
West-48 | W-17 | #three | Big 3-4″ pillars | 8.1 | 250 |
W-49 | West-xviii | #4 | Large three-iv″ pillars | 8.8 | 215 |
Due west-50 | W-xix | #5 | Large iii-4″ pillars | 10 | 200 |
W-51 | West-20 | #vi | Actress large v″ pillars and containers | x.3 | 170 |
W-51-B | W-20-A | #8 | Actress large pillars and containers | 11 | 108 |
W-52 | W-21 | #ten | Extra big pillars and containers | 12.vii | 100 |
Flat Braided Wicks (Colonnade and Taper Candles)
This
Candle Making Wick
is designed for use in pillars and tapers. This wick gives a slight curlicue when burning which reduces carbon buildup and makes the wicks self-trimming. This wick is ideal for hand dipping and extruding and dipping machines. This wick is synthetic
of 100% natural fibers with a chemical treatment to meliorate the burn functioning. These wicks are effective in paraffin-based waxes. Available in 8 oz. rolls and iii lb. bulk rolls.
4 lb. Roll | 8 oz. Gyre | Wick Material | Awarding |
Fire Rate (gm./60 minutes.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
– | West-ane | S330 | Tea-lights | 3.nine | 1463 |
Due west-52A | Westward-1A | 12 ply | Small 1-2″ pillars and tapers | 4.2 | 890 |
W-53 | Westward-2 | fifteen ply | Small to medium one-ii.5″ pillars and tapers | 5.one | 715 |
Due west-54 | W-iii | xviii ply | Modest to medium 1-2.5″ pillars and tapers | 5.2 | 595 |
W-54A | West-3A | 21 ply | Medium 2-3″ pillars | 5.7 | 595 |
W-55 | W-4 | 24 ply | Medium 2-3″ pillars | 6.two | 450 |
W-55A | W-4A | 27 ply | Medium ii-3″ pillars | vi.three | 400 |
Westward-56 | W-5 | 30 ply | Medium 2-three″ pillars | 7 | 355 |
W-57 | West-six | 36 ply | Big iii-four″ pillars | 7 | 300 |
W-57A | W-6A | 42 ply | Large 3-4″pillars | 7.1 | 275 |
W-58 | W-7 | 45 ply | Large 3-4″ pillars | 7.8 | 240 |
Due west-59 | W-8 | 60 ply | Large iii-4″ pillars | 7.4 | 180 |
LX Series Wicks (Container, Votive, and Pillar Candles)
The
60 series wick
is a flat braided wick stabilizing threads and a special treatment. It is designed to improve the burning of
solid scented, solid colored votives, and container and colonnade candles. The Lx serial offers solid wick construction from pure ring spun cotton fiber yarn, advanced handling that is designed to reduce after glow, fume and coking (soot), and self-trimming wick position that minimizes or eliminates blooming (mushrooming). Available in 4 oz rolls and 2.2 lb.bulk rolls.
4 oz. Scroll | 2.ii lb. Curl | Wick Fabric | Application |
Burn Rate (gm./hour.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
Wednesday-1 | Wednesday-8 | Sixty-8 | Small 1-2″ pillars and tapers | 4.6 | 853 |
WED-2 | WED-9 | LX-ten | Modest to medium ane – 2-1/two″ pillars and tapers | iv.9 | 774 |
WED-3 | Wed-x | LX-12 | Small to medium 1 – 2-1/ii″ pillars and tapers | five.5 | 646 |
WED-4 | WED-11 | Lx-14 | Medium 2-3″ pillars | 6.1 | 548 |
WED-5 | WED-12 | 60-16 | Medium two-3″ pillars | 6 | 481 |
WED-six | Midweek-13 | Sixty-eighteen | Medium 2-three″ pillars | 7 | 441 |
WED-7 | WED-fourteen | LX-twenty | Medium 2-3″ pillars | seven.3 | 402 |
Lx-S-22-4 | LX-S-22 | LX-22 NST2 | Big 3-iv″ Veggie Pillars | – | 325 |
LX-Southward-24-four | LX-S-24-NST-2 | Sixty-24 NST2 | Big 3-four″ Veggie Pillars | – | 296 |
60-S-26-iv | Lx-S-26-NST | Lx-26 NST2 | Large 3-4″ Veggie Pillars | – | 276 |
Threescore-South-28-four | 60-Due south-28-NST-2 | LX-28 NST2 | Large 3-iv″ Veggie Pillars | – | 253 |
LX-S-30-4 | Sixty-Due south-thirty-NST-2 | Threescore-30 NST2 | Big 3-4″ Veggie Pillars | – | 238 |
RRD Serial Wicks
The RRD series is a directional circular wick with a cotton fiber cadre and tension threads. It is designed to improve the called-for of solid scented, solid colored votive and container candles. These wicks are impregnated with a NST treatment (sodium based) that will enable the wick to burn down properly in the vegetable based waxes. The RRD series wick offers a solid wick structure from pure band spun cotton, a solution for vegetable wick bug with the NST treatment, and self-trimming wick position that minimizes or eliminates blooming (mushrooming). Available in 4 oz. rolls and two.2 lb. bulk rolls.
4 oz. Roll | two.2 lb. Roll | Wick Material | Application |
Burn Rate (gm./hr.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
Wednesday-15 | Wed-22 | RRD-29NST2 | Votives and small 1″-2″ containers | 548 | |
WED-16 | WED-23 | RRD-34-NST2 | Votives and medium ii″-3″ containers | 468 | |
Wed-17 | WED-24 | RRD-37-NST2 | Medium two″-three″ containers | 435 | |
Wednesday-eighteen | WED-25 | RRD-40-NST2 | Medium to large 2″ – 3-ane/2″ containers | 355 | |
WED-nineteen | Midweek-26 | RRD-47-NST2 | Medium to big 2-one/two″ – 3-ane/2″ containers | 344 | |
Midweek-20 | Wed-27 | RRD-50-NST2 | Large three″-4″ containers | 323 | |
WED-21 | Wed-28 | RRD-55-NST2 | Big iii″-four″ containers | 294 |
CD Wicks
CD wicks
are specialty wicks with interwoven paper threads. This wick will offer you increased rigidity and will ameliorate the burn of solid scented, solid color, votive, container and colonnade candles. Available in iv oz. rolls.
4 oz. Roll | Wick Textile | Application | Yield (yds./lb.) |
CD-W-90 | CD-ii | Tea-Lights and votives | 622 |
CD-W-91 | CD-3 | Votives and small containers 1.v – 2″ | 584 |
CD-W-92 | CD-4 | Votives and small containers one.v – 2″ | 542 |
CD-W-93 | CD-5 | Small to medium containers 2 – 2.5″ | 457 |
CD-Westward-94 | CD-6 | Small to medium containers 2 – ii.5″ | 430 |
CD-W-95 | CD-7 | Medium to 2.5 – 3″ | 408 |
CD-W-96 | CD-8 | Medium to ii.5 – 3″ | 380 |
CD-Westward-97 | CD-ten | Medium to large containers ii.75 – 3.25″ | 341 |
CD-Due west-98 | CD-12 | Large containers 3-iv″ | 321 |
CD-W-99 | CD-fourteen | Large containers 3-4″ | 301 |
CD-W-100 | CD-16 | Large containers iii-four″ | 280 |
CD-W-101 | CD-xviii | Large containers 4″ | 260 |
CD-West-102 | CD-20 | Big containers 4″ | 270 |
CD-W-103 | CD-22 | Large containers four″ | 200 |
TL Wicks
The
TL serial
is a specialty apartment wick with stabilizing threads. Information technology is designed to improve the called-for solid colored, tea light and votive candles.
Tea-low-cal wicks
are treated with the NST2 treatment. The TL serial offers solid wick construction from pure ring spun cotton yarn, self-trimming wick position that minimizes or eliminates carbon (mushrooming), available with advanced chemic handling that reduce afterglow, smoke and soot. Available in 4 oz rolls and 4 lb. bulk rolls.
4 oz. Whorl | Wick Material | Application |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
WED-47 | TL-15/S-30 NST 2 | Veggie/Paraffin Tea-lights | 1007 |
Midweek-48 | TL-18/South-30 NST 2 | Veggie/Paraffin Tea-lights | 811 |
Wednesday-49 | TL-21/South-thirty NST 2 | Veggie/Methane series Tea-lights | 675 |
Wednesday-50 | TL-25/South-thirty C | Votives | 585 |
Midweek-51 | TL-28/Due south-thirty C | Votives and pocket-sized 1″-2″ containers | 511 |
Midweek-52 | TL-31/S-thirty C | Votives and small 1″-ii″ containers | 441 |
Hemp Cored Wicks
Hemp cored wicks are 100% hemp core enclosed in a cotton fiber sleeve. These wicks offer you very good rigidity during the product of container candles. Hemp cored wicks are very effective in natural and paraffin based container, votive and pillar candles. Available in 4 oz. rolls and ii lb. majority rolls.
two lb. Rolls | 4 oz. Rolls | Wick Material | Awarding |
Yield (ft./lb.) |
HE-7 | HE-2 | Hemp 838 | Votives and minor 1-two″ containers | 777 |
HE-eight | HE-iii | Hemp 1200 | Modest 2 to 2-1/ii″ containers and pillars | 592 |
HE-9 | HE-iv | Hemp 1400 | Medium 2-3″ containers and pillars | 499 |
HE-10 | HE-5 | Hemp 40032 | Big three-4″ containers and pillars | 467 |
HE-11 | HE-half dozen | Hemp 60048 | Large four″ containers and pillars | 338 |
ECO Series Wicks
The ECO series is a specialty flat wick braided with interwoven paper threads. This braiding technique gives the ECO series an increased stability level establish just in square braided wicks. The
ECO series wicks
is designed to better the burning of solid scented, solid colored, pillar and container candles and has been establish to perform very well in paraffin / natural wax blends. The ECO series has information technology’southward own special chemical handling which significantly reduces the afterglow unremarkably seen in wicks containing paper.
4 oz. Gyre | Application |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
ECO-1 | Alkane and Natural Votives and Pocket-size Containers | 516 |
ECO-ii | Paraffin and Natural Votives and Minor Containers | 408 |
ECO-4 | Alkane series and Natural Votives, Modest Containers and 2″ -ii.v″ Pillars | 372 |
ECO-5 | Alkane and Natural Wax Tea-lights | 635 |
ECO-six | Paraffin and Natural Medium 2″ – two.75″ Containers | 327 |
ECO-viii | Paraffin and Natural Medium to Large 2.five″ – three.v″ Containers | 293 |
ECO-10 | Alkane series and Natural Medium to Large 3″ – 3.5″ Containers | 288 |
ECO-12 | Paraffin and Natural Large 3″ – 3.5″ Containers and Pillars | 262 |
ECO-14 | Alkane and Natural Big 3″ – 3.5″ Containers and Pillars | 228 |
HZL Series Wicks
HZL series is a specialty wick that is flat with tension threads a special “C” treatment. They are designed to amend burning characteristics of solid colored / solid scented candles and have been found to exist very effective when used with clear candle gels. The HZL serial offer you:
- Solid wick construction from pure ring spun cotton wool yarn
- Advanced chemical treatment that reduces afterglow, smoke and soot
- Self trimming wick positions that minimizes or eliminates carbon deposits (Mushrooming)
HTP Wicks
HTP is a wick designed to provide the benefits of a self-trimming wick posture with rigidity constitute in cored wick. This rigidity is due to a specialty yarn fiber that is incorporated into the construction of the braid. This specialty yarn, which is 100% natural fibers increases the burn temperature, which results in less carbon buildup (Mushrooming). This is a practiced all around wick for
paraffin, gel and vegetable waxes
that require hotter burning applications.
4 oz. Roll | 5 lb. Roll | Wick Material | Application |
Burn Charge per unit (grams/hr.) |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
Due west-lxxx | W-90 | HTP-31 | Votive, Small Containers 1-2″ | iii.vi | 918 |
W-81 | W-91 | HTP-41 | Votive, Modest Containers 1-2″ | 3.eight | 671 |
West-82 | Due west-92 | HTP-52 | Pocket-sized Containers 1-2″ | iv.iii | 509 |
Westward-83 | Due west-93 | HTP-62 | Modest-Medium Containers 2.5 – 3″ | iv.7 | 477 |
W-84 | W-94 | HTP-73 | Medium Containers 2.v – 3″ | v.v | 381 |
Due west-85 | W-95 | HTP-83 | Medium to Large Containers three – 3.v″ | five.5 | 331 |
West-86 | W-96 | HTP-104 | Large Containers 3-iv″ | half dozen.iv | 304 |
Due west-87 | West-97 | HTP-105 | Large Containers 3-four″ | 7.one | 295 |
Westward-88 | Due west-98 | HTP-1212 | Large Containers iv″ and in a higher place | 8.iv | 201 |
PK Series Wicks
The PK series is a specialty flat braided wick that is designed to ameliorate the burning of scented and unscented, solid colored, votive, pillar and container candles that are methane series based. The PK series has proved successful in both molded and pressed applications.
iv oz. Ringlet |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
PK-1 | 562 |
PK-two | 527 |
PK-3 | 497 |
PK-4 | 490 |
PK-5 | 482 |
PK-7 | 398 |
PK-nine | 303 |
PK-11 | 274 |
PK-13 | 249 |
PK-15 | 224 |
P Series Wicks
P series wicks are directional round wicks with a paper core and tension threads. They are designed to improve the burning solid scented, solid colored votive and container candles. All P serial wicks are treated with the NST 2 treatment. The P serial offers you: Solid wick construction from pure ring spun cotton wool yarn; Advanced chemic handling that reduces afterglow, smoke and soot; Self-trimming wick position that minimizes or eliminates carbon deposits (Mushrooming).
4 oz. Curlicue | 2.2 lb. Roll | Wick Material | Application |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
WED-29 | Wednesday-37 | P 120/2-26 | 2 – two.5″ paraffin containers, 1.5 – 2″ veg. containers | 1033 |
Midweek-thirty | Wednesday-38 | P 140/ii-30 | ii.v – three″ paraffin containers, 2 – 2.5″ veg. containers | 727 |
Midweek-31 | Wed-39 | P 160/ii-30 | 2.5 – 2.75″ alkane containers, 2.25 – two.75″ veg. containers | 639 |
– | – | P 180/2-35 | – | 556 |
– | – | P 180/iv-35 | – | 495 |
WED-32 | Wednesday-twoscore | P 180/6-35 | 2.75 – 3.v″ paraffin containers, 2.75 – three″ veg. containers | 439 |
Wednesday-33 | Midweek-41 | P 200/6-35 | 3.25 – 3.five″ alkane containers, three – three.five″ veg. containers | 360 |
WED-34 | WED-79 | P 212/vi-twoscore | 3.five – 3.75″ methane series containers, three.5-3.75″ veg. containers | 288 |
Wed-35 | Wed-42 | P 214/four-40 | 3.5 – 4″ paraffin containers, 3.5 – 3.75″ veg. containers | 280 |
WED-36 | Wednesday-43 | P 218/ii-35 | iii.v – 3-7/8″ veg. containers | 254 |
4 oz. Gyre | 2.2 lb. Roll | Wick Textile | Application |
Yield (yds./lb.) |
WED-29 | WED-37 | P 120/2-26 | two – 2.v″ paraffin containers, 1.five – 2″ veg. containers | 1033 |
WED-30 | WED-38 | P 140/two-thirty | 2.5 – 3″ alkane containers, ii – 2.v″ veg. containers | 727 |
Midweek-31 | Wed-39 | P 160/2-thirty | 2.five – two.75″ alkane series containers, ii.25 – two.75″ veg. containers | 639 |
– | – | P 180/2-35 | – | 556 |
– | – | P 180/4-35 | – | 495 |
WED-32 | WED-40 | P 180/6-35 | 2.75 – 3.5″ alkane series containers, 2.75 – three″ veg. containers | 439 |
Wed-33 | Wednesday-41 | P 200/6-35 | 3.25 – 3.5″ alkane containers, 3 – three.five″ veg. containers | 360 |
Wed-34 | Midweek-79 | P 212/6-40 | three.5 – three.75″ paraffin containers, 3.v-3.75″ veg. containers | 288 |
WED-35 | Wednesday-42 | P 214/iv-twoscore | 3.five – 4″ paraffin containers, 3.5 – 3.75″ veg. containers | 280 |
WED-36 | Wednesday-43 | P 218/2-35 | 3.5 – 3-7/8″ veg. containers | 254 |
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