{"id":137,"date":"2008-02-28T23:13:02","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T22:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2008\/02\/28\/rolled-beeswax-candle-burning-times\/"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:56:04","slug":"rolled-beeswax-candle-burning-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2008\/02\/rolled-beeswax-candle-burning-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolled Beeswax Candle Burning Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The length of time that a rolled beeswax candle burns depends upon a number of factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The diameter of the finished candle (which is partially determined by the length of wax rolled)<\/li>\n<li>The height of the candle<\/li>\n<li>The wick used<\/li>\n<li>How tightly the candle has been rolled &#8211; the tighter the roll, the longer it will burn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The burn times for hand-rolled candles are likely to vary but the following table should give you some idea of what to expect.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: 20px auto;\" summary=\"Candle burning times by wax length and diameter\">\n<caption>Rolled Candle Burning Times<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th id=\"diameter\">Diameter of candle <small style=\"display: block;\">(inches)<\/small><\/th>\n<th id=\"wax\">Wax Length\u00a0<small style=\"display: block;\">(inches)<\/small><\/th>\n<th id=\"burn\">Burn Time <small style=\"display: block;\">(ins\/hr)<\/small><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"half\" headers=\"diameter\">\u00bd<\/th>\n<td headers=\"half wax\">5<\/td>\n<td headers=\"half burn\">1\u00bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"threequarters\" headers=\"diameter\">\u00be<\/th>\n<td headers=\"threequarters wax\">8<\/td>\n<td headers=\"threequarters burn\">2\u00bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"one\" headers=\"diameter\">1<\/th>\n<td headers=\"one wax\">14<\/td>\n<td headers=\"one burn\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"one-quarter\" headers=\"diameter\">1\u00bc<\/th>\n<td headers=\"one-quarter wax\">16<\/td>\n<td headers=\"one-quarter burn\">4\u00bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"two\" headers=\"diameter\">2<\/th>\n<td headers=\"two wax\">21<\/td>\n<td headers=\"two burn\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"center\">\n<th id=\"two-half\" headers=\"diameter\">2\u00bd<\/th>\n<td headers=\"two-half wax\">28<\/td>\n<td headers=\"two-half burn\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The burn time of a beeswax candle can also be slightly extended by placing it in the refrigerator for an hour or so before lighting it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The length of time that a rolled beeswax candle burns depends upon a number of factors: The diameter of the finished candle (which is partially determined by the length of wax rolled) The height of the candle The wick used How tightly the candle has been rolled &#8211; the tighter the roll, the longer it will burn. The burn times for hand-rolled candles are likely to vary but the following table should give you some idea of what to expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[13,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/2113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}