5 Mistakes that you are making when You Use Wax Melts
How NOT to use Wax Melts
Wax Melts are a fantastic way to fragrance and uplift your home. Even though they are just small pieces of scented wax they can make a real difference to your home and make your home smell divine.
If Wax Melts are used incorrectly you wouldn’t get the best out of your wax melts meaning that they wont last as long or provide a great scent throw. They could also become a fire hazard.
We want you to fall in love with your new wax melts and get the best fragrance possible so that your home smells amazing.
Together by following our ‘How to use Wax Melts’ and also ensuring that you follow the information below, you will be able to be an expert at using your wax melts and getting the best value for your money.
Here are our 5 things not to do when you use wax melts:
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How NOT to use Wax Melts
8 hour Tealights are meant for tealight holders and not for the use of wax melt burners.
This is because the 8-hour tealights will provide too much heat.
8 hour tealights will burn your wax too quickly letting the fragrance burn into the atmosphere quickly or burning the fragrance so that it has no scent to wrap your room in beautiful aromas.
Something you definitely don’t want when you come to use wax melts.
Having your wax melt burner on for a long period of time (4+ Hours) can cause damage to your wax melt burner. It can cause hairline cracks, fractures and even holes may form in the wax melt burner.
Obviously, this is highly dangerous and can be a fire hazard. Please ensure that you are checking your wax melt burner frequently to ensure that it is safe to use as this will reduce the potential risk of fires.
Using scented tealight candles is also a thing NOT to do when using wax melts.
By using a scented tealight candle it will mean that all the fragrances are competing and mixing together in the air which can leave some unpleasant or uncomplimentary aromas.
At Soapfullness, we strongly recommend purchasing 4-hour UNSCENTED tealights to use in your wax melt burner.
Only use your wax melt burner for 4-hour periods and then switch to another wax melt burner or have a little break from them and let your wax melt burner cool down for an hour or two.
The more we use wax melts the more the fragrance dilutes over time and we also become accustomed to their aromas.
Please don’t purchase 8 hour or scented tealights, even if they are on offer!
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How NOT to use Wax Melts
Wax melt burners are only designed to have one 4-hour unscented tealight in them.
Whilst it can be tempting to use multiple tealights when you come to use wax melts, it’s really not a good idea.
We want you to safely use wax melts and this is an important factor to consider.
Wax melt burners are only designed to take a certain level of heat and with anything more will subject the wax melt burner to stress which can result in hairline cracks, cracks, fractures or even holes may begin to form, which is not what you want.
If you find any damage to your wax melt burner, you should immediately stop using it and purchase a new one.
Why? Because the fire risk associated with broken burners is very high. There is high potential that the wax will get too hot and drip onto an open flame causing a fire. Not what anyone wants!
If you are looking for strong smelling wax melts to fill your room, consider getting an extra wax melt burner and extra wax melts.
Using two tealights is not only unsafe, it also burns the fragrance off much faster, meaning that your wax melts won’t last long.
We want you to use wax melts safely and enjoyably. There is no way that you should risk heating your wax melts with two tealights (unless you have a double burner and that is what manufacturing guidelines recommend) as it could cause a fire.
We want you enjoy and to use Wax Melts safely. So please stick to the guidelines and use one tealight to burn your wax melts with.
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How NOT to use Wax Melts
When you use wax melts, it’s always best to follow manufacture guidelines. We want you to get the best wax melts, so we provide you with all the information that we can to help you achieve this.
Some people have a habit of using less to prolong their wax melt bar. We get where you are coming from, by using less you feel that you are making the wax melt bar last longer.
Whilst this way can feel like you are getting the best value for money, you aren’t. When you use wax melts you need to be able to enjoy them.
Using a small amount of wax is really just a waste. This is because when the wax is melted, it will only release a small amount of fragrance into the air, which won’t be sufficient enough to fill your room with beautiful fragrance.
If you are just after a hint of fragrance, then one square of your wax melt bar might be sufficient and build it up to two squares if you want strong smelling wax melts.
However, if you are after a decent home fragrance then two squares from your wax melt bar would be the ideal amount depending on your room size and environment (e.g. windows and doors open).
There are a lot of factors that depend on how many squares that you use from your wax melt bar, but you should never use more than two squares at once due to fire safety.
When you come to use Wax Melts, factors such as how big your room is, how high your ceilings are, the temperature of the room, where the wax burner is situated are a few examples of things that need to be considered when deciding how to use wax melts.
The type of wax burner is also important to consider as you can opt for an electric wax burner or a tealight wax burner.
Tealight burners are typically hotter due to the naked flame and electric wax burners come in a variety of wattage’s. The higher the wattage on the electric wax burner the faster it melts your wax melts and the faster the fragrance burns off (but they are great for larger rooms!).
Whilst higher wattage wax melt burners are great for larger rooms, it’s worth noting that the fragrance won’t last as long as it has been heated faster and the fragrance molecules will disperse faster.
It is also worth stating the obvious and not to over fill wax melt burners. You certainly do not want hot wax dripping over surfaces and you certainly do not want to cause damage or even a fire.
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How NOT to use Wax Melts
When you come to use wax melts, it is really important to know the difference between an oil burner and a wax melt burner.
Oil burners are different to wax melt burners because their dish is much closer to the heat source.
This means that’s the dish gets hotter much faster, which will result in your wax melts melting faster and won’t last for as long.
So how can you tell the difference between a Wax Melt Burner and an Oil Burner?
A Wax Melt Burner should measure at least 10 cm from the tealight to the well/dish of burner. An Oil burner has a much smaller distance between the heat source and the oil dish, as shown in the image above.
The risk of using an oil burner is that it can cause the wax to melt too rapidly and even heat the fragrance to a dangerous level. It can cause the wax to get too hot and melt out over the dish, which is a huge fire risk.
It can also cause the wax burn off the fragrance must faster and you won’t be able to smell it all.
It’s always important to use wax melts safely and to never take any ‘short cuts’ because something is on offer. The long term cost could massively outweigh the small monetary saving.
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How NOT to use Wax Melts
We are sure that you have all seen the helpful tips about putting your burner in the freezer so that you can easily scoop the wax out. This advice really isn’t helpful.
Whilst it does allow the wax to pop out the used wax easily, the cold temperature of the freezer can cause temperature stress, which in turn can cause your wax burner to experience hairline cracks, cracks and fractures.
Wax melt burners shouldn’t be subjected to high or low temperature extremes, as it causes stress on the materials which can become damaged and then become a fire hazard.
This obviously isn’t what you want as it can drastically shorten the life span of your wax melt burners. If you do experience any crack in your burner, it is essential to stop using it immediately and replace it due to the fire risk.
At Soapfullness our Wax Melts are created with Soy Wax which is a very soft natural wax. A great way to get the wax out of the dish is to heat the wax for around 30 seconds, extinguish the candle and then slide the dish of wax out with a folded paper towel or scoop the wax out (make sure that it isn’t hot).
Wax Melts provide such a wonderful way to fragrance your house. We hope that you have found this guide of How Not to use Wax Melts, useful.
We want you to use your wax melts to get the best out them, so that you get the best value for money and the best home fragrance.
