Actually most every candle can produce soot – even soy candles. Soy candles have less soot than other candles but you may see some soot on the rim of the container. The trick is in the wick. Keep the wick trimmed to 14” to avoid soot.

  •  Other contributing factors to a candle producing soot is air flow – keep your candle away from a draft or a high traffic area, but your candle does need air to burn so confined spaces are not a suggested area to burn a candle.
  • Keep your burn pool debris free. Remove pieces of old wick or matches as these items will produce soot.
  • Extinguishing your candle is important too. If you push the lit wick into the liquid pool of soy wax you will extinguish the flame – instantly. By blowing it out will most certainly produce soot – so try pushing the wick into the burn pool – works well for me.