[Sca-cooks] OT: candle wicks

[Philip Lewis]

"Dan Phelps" <phelpsd at gate.net> writes:
>Why untwist it? In any case why not lucette it.

The idea is to braid it (yes, it's a 19th century convention, but
makes for a less troublesome candle) , but if you braid three
untwisted pieces of the twine, you'll get a very large wick. the twine
tends to be very close to the proper number of plys by itself, so
untwisting then braiding gives you a fairly "standard size"
(reasonable size for tapers and small pillars) wick.

I've know people to use lucette cord for wicks. I've used corded
wicks, plaited ("common braid"), and round and square braids.
I've never done a study as to which is best.

more often than not, i just use some untreated (no salt/borax) 100%
natural fiber string off the "ball" for utility (vrs "pretty")
candles.

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