Knowledge about how your lamp works is helpful
Actually, when you are burning your lamp, it is the fuel which is burning, not the wick. The wick maybe on its way to clogging but it is not burning. It is carrying the oil upwards using capillary action. When it is necessary to do so because your flame is not full and bright, trim your wick by cutting it or simply rubbing off the end with a paper towel or tissue. Then re-adjust it in your lamp so that about a quarter of an inch is showing. At some point you will need a new wick. Wicks can be made, or gotten from: Oil Lamps at Lehman’s or,Merry Corliss at GOATELDER@AOL.COM mention wicks in subject bar.
To make a wick, you can use cotton, jute, hemp, cellulose or even tissue paper. Do not use synthetic fibers. Once finished you want your wick to be about an eighth of an inch around, and 6 or 7 inches long.
Take cotton threads or string, and twist them until the twisted bundle is tight. Then, fold the bundle in the middle. You may find using your teeth handy. The strands will wind together. Simply tie a knot to keep them from unwinding. Remember, you want your wick to be about an eighth of an inch around. Be sure the length of the thread bundle you are twisting is a little longer than twice the length of the finished wick. Don't forget, Merry sells wicks too, as well as Lehman's.
When you burn an olive oil lamp and get used to the harmless nature of tending them, you will wonder why we left something so simple from our past and installed kerosene and paraffin lighting devices. Burning an olive oil or fat lamp represents a complete paradigm shift from using any other flame lighting device. Once you understand it completely you will be able to create light from a vast array of fuels. A continuously burning lamp will most likely drink up most of it's fuel reservoir before affecting the robustness of the flame. It is always best to fill a cold lamp and start with a good trim wick.
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To make a wick, you can use cotton, jute, hemp, cellulose or even tissue paper. Do not use synthetic fibers. Once finished you want your wick to be about an eighth of an inch around, and 6 or 7 inches long.
Take cotton threads or string, and twist them until the twisted bundle is tight. Then, fold the bundle in the middle. You may find using your teeth handy. The strands will wind together. Simply tie a knot to keep them from unwinding. Remember, you want your wick to be about an eighth of an inch around. Be sure the length of the thread bundle you are twisting is a little longer than twice the length of the finished wick. Don't forget, Merry sells wicks too, as well as Lehman's.
When you burn an olive oil lamp and get used to the harmless nature of tending them, you will wonder why we left something so simple from our past and installed kerosene and paraffin lighting devices. Burning an olive oil or fat lamp represents a complete paradigm shift from using any other flame lighting device. Once you understand it completely you will be able to create light from a vast array of fuels. A continuously burning lamp will most likely drink up most of it's fuel reservoir before affecting the robustness of the flame. It is always best to fill a cold lamp and start with a good trim wick.
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