Are Candle-lite taper candles dripless?
A. The key to this answer is burning conditions. Our tapers are manufactured to be dripless by the application of a special outer coating of wax with a higher melt point. This outer layer does not melt as fast as the core, and that allows a well to develop to hold the melted wax. Proper burning conditions will prevent the outer coating from weakening and in turn from dripping. It is important to trim the wick to 1/4″ before lighting, to keep the tapers away from drafts which might blow the flame sideways, to burn them some distance apart so that heat is not transferred, and to keep them standing straight in their candlesticks so wax doesn’t spill over the edge.
