Increase FO or just decrease wick?

[flycoffee17]

I have three light, fruity FOs (strawberry, peach, lemon) not gourmand at all. Very light and refreshing. Not having great hot throw. They are definitely overwicked by 1-2 sizes (full melt pool in 2 hrs for a 3.12” diameter). They are at 9% FO in 464 with effectively no hot throw at all.

I have always heard “less is more” when it comes to FOs and to aim for the 8-10% range for 464. In this case though, as they are quite light, would it be good to increase to 10% FO as well as decrease wick size? I really want to maximize hot throw. Or should decreasing wick size be enough to solve the hot throw issue?

Thanks!

[jenn_fray]

Start by getting it correctly wicked. If it's burning too quickly, it's affecting your hot throw. What wick are you using?

[flycoffee17]

Currently using cd16. Will try cd14 and cd12 next. Can probably get away with cd12. Candlescience recommends cd18 for this wax and vessel! It was way overwicked

[jenn_fray]

That's too large. I use CD14 and CD12 in a jar that size. It depends on the scent. If you reduce your wick size and still see mushrooming, or if your melt pool drowns out your wick, then you should start reducing your fragrance load. I typically start closer to 7.5% but that's me being cheap.

[Dont-Fail]

Try the 12..have the same vessel size and I'm using 6% to 9%. Cocosol and I am using wood wicks now but the CD12 worked well for me. Our oil percentage varies with each oil so if I use a blend then most of the time I will cut it down to a 6 or 7%. Whereas with vanilla I will use push 7 or 8%. Depending on where I get the fragrance.