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S Sparky83 Member Virginia Beach Joined: Jul 08, 2011 Posts: 5	S Sparky83 Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 5:45 PM On 2011-07-09 15:17, Tom Slick wrote: If you are not going to exchange it, (easiest fix IMHO), pull the wick out and roll it like a dreadlock or putty, with your palm. I'm guessing the wick is scrunched in "fat" position, and heat is causing air pressure within the canister. Rolling the wick, will thin it out, and allow the needed air to pass between wick and lid it slides into. If that doesn't doit, seriously take it back for exchange. It's not that I don't want to take it back... I'm just trying to exhaust all possibilities first is all... I'm just one of those kind of people that instead of going "ehh its broke" I want to know why it's broke.. or whats causing it to act that way.. But think you may be right here... When I pulled the top back off today I noticed the wick seemed to be coming unraveled inside the canister... I pulled the others tops off and theyre all still tightly bound. Same with outside the canisters.. The others look "wet" in the wicks but were still tightly bound.. Where this 4th one looks like its fattening out..

On 2011-07-09 15:17, Tom Slick wrote:
If you are not going to exchange it, (easiest fix IMHO), pull the wick out and roll it like a dreadlock or putty, with your palm. I'm guessing the wick is scrunched in "fat" position, and heat is causing air pressure within the canister. Rolling the wick, will thin it out, and allow the needed air to pass between wick and lid it slides into. If that doesn't doit, seriously take it back for exchange.

It's not that I don't want to take it back... I'm just trying to exhaust all possibilities first is all... I'm just one of those kind of people that instead of going "ehh its broke" I want to know why it's broke.. or whats causing it to act that way..

But think you may be right here... When I pulled the top back off today I noticed the wick seemed to be coming unraveled inside the canister... I pulled the others tops off and theyre all still tightly bound. Same with outside the canisters.. The others look "wet" in the wicks but were still tightly bound.. Where this 4th one looks like its fattening out..

Post #596774 by Sparky83 on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 5:45 PM