Back to Colors Top Basic Wicking Questions What does a wick do exactly?
• It wicks or draws the liquid wax to fuel the flame. As the liquid gets closer to the flame it vaporizes thus adds fuel to the fire. Most people don’t realize that it is the vapors of the wax that are flammable, not the liquid. You can set fire to liquid wax, provided that it has enough vapor coming off of it. Hence why flash points should not be reached when melting wax. A wick essentially controls the fire by feeding the flame small amounts of vapor at a time.
