Candle Smoke

I have never bothered with candles before, but now I have some Lord Byron Smoker's candles, which are supposed to remove tobacco smell from a room. I'm not sure how well that they work, because I have only used one of them for a couple of hours. When I later relit it, it emitted a fairly heavy smoke of it's own, even though I cut the wick to 1/4", as I have read, is supposed to prevent that.

The smoke is heavy enough that it sets off my smoke alarm, so I'm looking for the best way to control the problem. I guess that I could light it outside and let it burn a while, hoping that the smoke would abate, but it would likely blow out very quickly, and I did let it burn for about a minute inside, and it's smoke did not diminish.

I doubt that there is a good answer for the problem, but maybe someone with more candle experience than I may have an idea anyway?

even outside with a hurricane shade around it

This should have been easy, because I bought an old pewter and glass candle holder that has a 3"x9" globe. Unfortunately, the vendor that I bought it from misunderstood, when I asked for the ID, and he measured the OD instead...for "some" reason, a 3" candle doesn't fit inside of a 2 7/8" space. I have been looking for a convenient means to shave the candles a bit.

EDIT: I think that I will just pull the battery out of the smoke detector long enough to burn the candles in.

Have to say this is truly a strange topic. . .

Lee said:

Have to say this is truly a strange topic. . .

Good, I dislike making common/mundane posts. Be patient, I shall probably make stranger ones in the future.

bigmck said:

Real men don't eat Quiche or talk about Candles

Personally, I can't understand how any man would eat a Big Mack, real or not.