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Late I know, but difficult to get across the building site into my greenhouse and the portaloo across the door didn't help, anyway I lit a sulphur candle and it would not burn.

Any hints or tips?

It was a small paint tin style thing and the instructions said light the yellow touchpaper.
This I duely did once I had unearther the end of it from moungst the yellow lentils of sulphur.
The paper burnt down to the sulphur and went out. :evil:

Would inserting a taper candle in place of the touchpaper work, or would that just generate candlewax soot?

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Dear Peter, not sure what to say, but it might be worth trying the candle, but i think it sounds as if you wil be buying a new one. :evil:

Hope you and your family are keeping well.
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Hi Peter,
If you have a blowlamp with a small jet try using that. Over the years I have had the very same with various smokes and have always resolved the problem with my blowlamp. Once alight they sustain themselves.
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I usually stick three or four matches in as a sort of wigwam then light them when that happens (about every other year, the wicks are useless).
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Hmm, begining to think I have a new Elf-n-Safety Sulphur candle, a non-flammable one.

Matches, burnt down to the sulphur and went out.

Blowtorch, everything went nice and rosy red, then when I retreated from the fumes the blue flame flickered and seemed to go out, I'll find out tomorrow how well it did. :roll:
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Anyone want a nice solid lump of sulphur, a little charred on the top, complete and in nice protective tin? :evil: :roll: :shock:
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Dear Peter, if it makes you feel any better, i used to have the same problem with fireworks.

And before anyone says it, no it wasn't trying to blow up the Houses of Parliment. :)
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