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Thank you for that tip of using tinfoil, I think that made a big difference in a critical moment.

After a week mostly on pause (though there was one short burn), we're now commencing what I expect will be the final burn before the candle is fully rescued.

Conspiracy theory: He somehow managed to completely burn up 1-2 of the wicks before lighting all 3, and is now completely at a loss for how this market should resolve.

Status after night 2:

I think we're doing this.

The tinfoil plan worked almost too well:

That second wicked burned out.

Wax levels were too high.

My plan is to try to burn enough wax with the remaining wick that I can relight it.

I believe in you!

Other two wicks exposed. But it's morning and I have to leave for work. Will blow it out and resume tomorrow

It has been about an hour

Could you tinfoil wrap it to keep heat in? (Add air holes)

Intriguing plan. Update:

Wax leaked down one of the side gaps

Could we also get a hairdryer going at a distance pointed at it? I want to get some of those hardened peaks melting so we can free the other two wicks.

That would blow out the candle. I will try tinfoil plan tonight

Honestly, I find it hard to care about the resolution of this market over my burning curiosity about how this candle possibly got into this condition in the first place.

First I burned it a few times and didn't burn it long enough so the three wicks tunneled down a bit.
It started off enclosed in a glass cylinder. At some point that broke. Probably my kids' fault.
After the enclosure broke I lit it anyway, and one of the wicks burned all the way to the side of the candle and all the wax in its basin spilled out. Then as far as I can tell I scraped the dried wax off the table and put it back inside the basin on top of that wick, for some reason.

I'm not sure I understand how that led to two wicks getting covered, but at least now my curiosity has burned down some. Much like your candle.

The appears to be a fair amount of space on the side, creating drainage paths to those gaps might help

Is this suggestion grounded in experience? I was under the impression that draining the wax would make it worse because it would enable the wick to burn down lower, exacerbating the tunneling.

@OP you made a similar suggestion too. Any take on this?

It’s a balancing act. On one hand you don’t want the liquid wax to completely drain away or the entire thing burns down. On the other hand, if the wick is already below surface-level, then as higher wax melts it will flood the wick.

I’d carve out a channel to just slightly below the tip of the wick to drain excess wax.

How much intervention are you doing? If you melt/carve a channel from the tunnel to the exterior, that should drain excess wax.

Will you be trying to melt the other two wicks free?

Historically when I intervene I just make things worse so I'm going to be doing as little intervention as possible.

If the other two wicks are melted free I will relight them