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Deck scraping is far easier while the clippings are still damp rather than after they set like concrete.

Lids on during cure, always. An open jar loses top notes for a fortnight and then you conclude the oil was weak.

Photograph it weekly with a ruler in shot. Two months of memory is unreliable and you will want the timeline if this ever becomes an insurance conversation.

Mark the ends with a pencil tick and write the date next to it. In six months you will actually know whether it grew instead of arguing with your memory.

Check the needle is fully seated up in the clamp and facing the right way. I have lost an hour to this twice.

Can confirm. Same wax, same jar, same wick: one scent burns clean and the other hangs up every time.

Ambient temperature matters more than people expect. Testing in a 16C room in winter and a 24C room in summer gives you two different verdicts on the same wick.

If your seams hold up fine and only look homemade, that is a photograph problem, not a garment problem.

Coconut soy blends adhere far better than straight soy. If wet spots genuinely bother you that is the real fix, not process tweaks. You pay more per pound and get a softer top.

True, and I would test three sizes before committing a whole product line to it.

Both, in my case. Sounds like buy the blend and accept the price.

Screw above and below rather than refixing the nail - is that to actually pull the board tight?

Does an ordinary emulsion undercoat do, or does it need a dedicated primer?

Either way, fit a fuel shutoff valve and drain the bowl at the end of the season, or you will be doing this again in two years.