TIPS, TRICKS AND HINTS
SAFETY TOO !
IF YOUR WICK DOESN'T STAY LIT THERE COULD BE SEVERAL
REASONS WHYAND SOME ARE EXPLAINED HERE ON THIS PAGE.
Try pushing the cotten rope up or pulling it gently down just a tad. The stone may not be getting enough air.
The stones just rest ontop of this gold/silver tier part;Make sure you only fill your lamp 2/3 full or less,
because with not enough air the stone will go cold. Let the stone get ashy white color before blowing out.
This could be up to 20 minutes not 5 minutes as alot of sites tell you.
Too much oil can clog the stone if you are making your own fuel.
There really is nothing to go wrong with wicks other than dirt from the molecules in your air.
So replacing stones is quite frequent in the beginning. Or try cleaning them as described below.
Always replace snuffer cap so oil does not soak the wick as this is virtually impossible to keep
stones working properly after you let them get totally soaked. But you can try cleaning and recleaning to
see if you can save your wick. Always use the drying process between each soaking/cleaning.
A simple method for keepingwick stones clean healthy that;eliminates the waiting time before you can light
a lamp from 20 minutes to zero!
HOW TO CLEAN A WICK
1. Using a small jar (prefer glass Like ahalf pint canningjar) Must have a tight lid that seals
2. Pour into jar some (ISO) isopropyl alcohol (at least 91% concentration prefer 99% … anything less than 91%
will not work!)get some at yourlocal drug store or Safeway Grocery Stores carry 99% ISO.
3. Put your wick stone assembly (never ever separate the ceramic stone from the cotton wick) into the container ( keep several wick stones for each lamp and uses them in rotation) and fill it up with the isopropyl alcohol.
Put the lid on tight so the alcohol does not evaporate. The (ISO)isopropyl alcohol will slowly soak out the carbon deposits in your wick stones that eventually clog them up. (Depending on how clogged up you wick stone is it
might take several days.) Over time the Wick Cleaner alcohol will turn from clear to the color of weak tea as it
soaks out the carbon deposits. Replace with fresh Wick Cleaner as needed.
Keep repeating until stone is clean.
4. Another way is take a torch and burn your stone until it glows red all over. Be very careful with torches.
When you want to burn your lamp, Remove the Wick Stone in the lamp.
Fill the lamp with fragrance lamp oil (no more than 2/3 full).
Remove a wick stone that has been soaking in the small container and put it into your lamp. You can now immediately light the lamp (no need to wait for 20 minutes) and follow the normal instructions. Put the Wick
Stone that you took out of the lamp, in the first step, back into the sealed container filled with Unscented -
Wick Cleaner (ISO)isopropyl alcohol so it will be soaking and ready to use the next time you want to burn
your lamp.
TROUBLESHOOTING & OTHER FRAGRANCE LAMP TIPS
1. ALWAYS KEEP THE SOLID SNUFFER CAP ON THE FRAGRANCE LAMPE WHEN IT IS NOT OPERATING. Failure to do so causes most of the wick problems folks encounter. The (ISO)isopropyl alcohol in the lamp oil tends to evaporate and let the fragrance oil build up in the Wick Stone. Isopropyl alcohol(ISO) also loves to absorb moisture out of the air, diluting the fragrance lamp oil with water, which means it will not burn! Make sure the Solid Snuffer Cap is on tightly and securely.
2. If the lamp fails to stay hot after the burn time of 2 to 4 minutes, place the snuffer cap back on the lamp for at least 20 minutes before you try to light the lamp again. Trying to light the wick stone again right away can destroy your wick stone!
3. We strongly suggest you use a fireplace style butane lighter to light your fragrance lamp. They put out a good flame to get the lamp started.
4. Remember that the fragrance lampe works after the flame is extinguished. The flame is only to heat the stone to operating temperature and needs to be blown out after 2-4 minutes.
5. NEVER fill your fragrance lamp more than 2/3 full of fragrance lamp oil. The lamp needs the air at the top of the lamp to work properly and besides that you really do not want the flammable fragrance lamp oil in intimate contact with the hot Wick Stone!
6. Wick Stone burners are all different. Some seem to last forever and some don’t seem to last long at all.
7. How many different kinds of Wick Stones are there? Manufacturers offer 100s of different designs of Wick Stones with varying properties. Variables include the shape of the Wick Stone, the size and quantity of the micro pores in the Stone, the ratios and concentrations of catalytic metals in the Stone, and the design of the cotton wick. I currently sell Lampe Berger wicks.
8. A patent on wick stones claims that wick stone life is shortened by allowing your lamp to consumer all the fragrance lamp oil in the lamp. It says allowing the lamp to burn 100% of the lamp fuel creats carbon deposits that will plug up the microscopic holes in your wick stone. Others claim a periodic Wick Stone Burnout (burning up all the fuel in your lamp) helps keep your Wick Stone healthy?
9. Try to not leave fragrance lamp oil in a lamp between uses. This prevents the fragrance oils from building up in the Wick Stone and keeps the alcohol from absorbing moisture out of the air. This is not a gotta do thing, but is a good idea.
10. Fragrance Lampe Kits sells replacement Lampe Berger Wick Stones for $9. (We’re not trying to get rich selling wicks like other retailers in your home town) We also carry an assortment of other Brands.
11. You can change fragrances anytime. Any fragrance left in the wick will just blend with whatever was there before for a few minutes.
12. If your stone fails to light there are several potential causes:
The fragrance lampe oil may not be wicked up to the Wick Stone enough yet. Put on the Solid Snuffer Cap back on for another 20 minutes then try again to light your Fragrance Lampe. Your Fragrance Lampe could be "over-wicked". If your Lampe was left exposed to the air for too long with the Solid Snuffer Cap off, it could buildup fragrance lamp oil in the stone. If so, hold the lighter flame to the stone longer (sometimes it takes several minutes), it should light once the oil deposits are dispersed. Your Wick Stone may have absorbed moisture from the air. The Isopropyl Alcohol in the fragrance lamp oil just loves to absorb water from any source available. Too much water and it will not burn no matter how long you hold a flame to it. In this case, pull the Wick Stone and let it completely dry out for about 24 hours in a warm dry non-humid location or even better, soak it in a sealed container filled with Unscented Wick Cleaner (pure high concentration isopropyl alcohol). Sometimes a Wick Stone can be “rejuvenated” by burning the (ISO)– Wick Cleaner” in the fragrance lamp for a few hours. The Wick Stone may just be all used up. Over time the catalytic metals in the wick get used up or coated with deposits and the wick stone is finished.
Keep Repeating cleaning process until your stone is clean
13. Do not leave fragrance in your lamp, unused for more than one week; This can clog the burner. Should you experience clogging clean stone/wick. Fragrance lamps are great for high pollutent enviorments such as tobacco or fireplace, fish smells, however your lamp burner will not last long as long since it has alot more molecule pollutants to clean out of the air.
14.WICKS can be shortened or lengthened if needed this does not affect what the catalytic burner stone does.You can add the same or similar kind of cotten rope (purchase from local material dept store) and either cut the bottom in half and sew on more or shorten and sew back together. This is just a supply source to get the fuel to the stone. Kinda like a water line pipe getting water inside you faucets.
WHITE SMOKE? Some lampe oil fragrances have a tendency to produce a "white smoke". The "white smoke" is harmless and results from incomplete combustion of very long chain molecules in some fragrance oils.
ESSENTIAL OILS vs FRAGRANCE OILS Some manufacturers claim their fragrance lamp oils are only made with expensive “essential oils” and that’s why they have to charge $17 for a 500 ml (16.9 oz) bottle. Honestly, some of Fragrance Lamp Oils are made with “essential oils” and some are not. We use whatever produces the best fragrance results. While “essential oils” do cost more. Some “essential oils” produce white smoke and some tend to plug up Wick Stones, just like regular fragrance oils.
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