How Do I Compare a New Bulk Wick Lot Against the Development Sample Before Releasing It to Production?
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New lot in · development sample on file
Quarantine, measure twenty against the retained sample, burn three against three when anything differs, then release.
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"This bamboo wick holder doesn’t exert any pressure on the wicks… and it is a very useful product 👌🏻👌🏻.."
Lalitha JaganAug 2024
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"This needle is very helpful as it doesn’t damage the mould and there is no leakage of wax while pouring.. I would definitely recommend this .."
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✓ Prices verified 7 October 2026, stock checked per pack ✓ GST invoice; MSDS and IFRA documentation on request ✓ Raw materials only — CSI does not sell finished candles
CSI Wick Decisions · Lot Release
Our Eco wick page publishes no length or tab size, so the standard for a new lot is the retained sample of the wick you approved. Measure twenty against it; burn three against three when anything differs.
20 wicks
measured from across every new pack against the retained sample, before release · our judgement
Quick answers — read this first
How do I compare a new bulk wick lot against my development sample before using it? Quarantine the new pack, measure 20 wicks from across it against your retained sample (length, tab, crimp, braid, coating), and release it only if the measurements fall inside limits you wrote first. If anything falls outside, or it's the first pack of a new order, burn three candles on retained wicks beside three on new-lot wicks before release.What counts as "the same"? Your own numbers, because CSI's Eco wick page states no length, width or tab size. Worked example: the new lot's median length within 2 mm of the retained median, and no wick outside the retained range widened by 2 mm each side (our judgement, labelled).
What does the burn decide? Whether a measured difference matters. New-lot candles must pass every in-house limit in every third and stay close to the retained candles: for example mean flame within 0.5 cm, mushroom within 1 mm, pool depth within 0.3 cm.
What does it cost? The wicks come from the packs you already have. The six comparison candles need 1.5 kg of wax (₹767.40) and your own oil and jars.
The short answer
Step 1, quarantine: new packs sealed, labelled with date and lot, kept apart from released stock until checked.
Step 2, measure: 20 wicks from across the pack against your 20 measured retained wicks; length, tab, crimp, braid, coating, straightness; count by weight.
Step 3, burn when needed: 3 + 3 candles from one pour, retained against new, to the end of the jar, top, middle and bottom judged separately.
Step 4, decide: release, or reject and tell your supplier with photos and numbers. Never mix a held lot into production.
In this guide
- Straight answer: measure, then burn when it matters
- Your new lot, made precise
- Why a new lot can look or burn different: causes, ranked
- The incoming measurements and the accept rule
- The side-by-side burn: six candles, paired limits
- Release, hold or reject, and what to buy meanwhile
- What to buy, and what to skip
- Frequently asked questions
Top: wick length for 20 wicks from each source, plotted as the difference from the retained sample's median, so the chart works whatever your wick's actual length is. The retained wicks spread 1.5 mm either side of zero. The darker inner band is the median tolerance (± 2 mm); the lighter outer band is the retained range widened by 2 mm each side. Lot A's median is +0.5 mm with every wick inside: release on measurement. Lot B's median is +3.0 mm with 5 wicks above the band: hold it and burn. Bottom: the path every new pack takes. Illustrative values; CSI publishes no length for its Eco wicks.
Wicks · C2 ₹9.44 a wick at every pack
Eco Candle Wicks: a 130-wick bridging order (₹1,227.20) keeps production going while a lot is held
Tool · ₹354.00
Candle Making Weighing Scale: count a pack by weight, and measure grams per hour in the burn
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New pack doesn't match your retained sample? Send us photos and numbers. We'll tell you what we know about the lot, plainly.
Straight answer
How do I compare a new bulk wick lot against the development sample before releasing it to production?
In two stages, measurement first and burning when measurement says so. Quarantine every new pack until it's checked: sealed, labelled with the date and any lot number, and kept apart from released stock. Measure 20 wicks taken from across the pack (top, middle and bottom of the bundle) and compare them with the retained sample you measured when the wick was approved: overall length, tab size, how tightly the tab is crimped and whether the wick stands upright, the braid and any coating photographed beside a ruler in the same light. Release on measurement only if every result sits inside limits you wrote before you opened the pack. Burn when a measurement falls outside, when the pack is the first of a new order, or when the wick looks different in a way a ruler can't capture: three candles on retained wicks and three on new-lot wicks, poured together, burned side by side in still air to the end of the jar. The new lot is released if its candles pass every in-house limit in every third and stay within paired limits of the retained candles. If it fails, it stays out of production, and you send your supplier the photos and numbers. CSI's Eco wick page publishes no dimensions, so your retained sample is the standard; that's why it matters to keep one.
One line: quarantine, measure 20 wicks against the retained sample, burn 3 + 3 when anything differs, and release only against limits written in advance.
The comparison burn, priced: the wicks are already in your hands, retained and new. Six 200 g candles need 1.5 kg of Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (₹767.40); ₹885.40 with a Wick Centering Device pack, ₹1,239.40 with the weighing scale. In stock on 7 October 2026.
CSI 464 1 kg — ₹507.40
Your new lot, made precise
Production is about to switch from the wicks you tested to wicks you haven't.
The worked example, labelled: your candle is a 200 g single-wick soy candle at 8% (16 g of oil and 184 g of wax) in your own jar, approved on Eco C2 after replicate testing. You kept 20 wicks from the approved sample, measured them, and sealed them. A C2 1,000-pack (₹9,440.00) has just arrived. Before anyone wicks a production jar with it, you want to know it's the same wick.
This post owns that check: what to measure, what to burn, and the release rule. What to write on the order so the right product arrives is 6993; how many wicks to retain, how to store them and for how long is 6995. If the new wicks come from a different supplier altogether, that's a wick change, not a lot check, and it needs full replicates: an equivalent size from another supplier.
Safety first, plainly: a lot that burns taller or mushrooms more than the approved wick can push a candle from acceptable to smoking or running the glass hot, usually lowest in the jar. Stop any comparison session where the flame smokes continuously, approaches the glass or burns near the base, and record it as a fail. Never judge glass heat by touch; use your own non-contact thermometer at the same marked points on both arms (CSI lists none). No lot check makes a candle "safe" or "soot-free"; it tells you whether the new wick behaves like the approved one.
Why a new lot can look or burn different: causes, ranked
Before you blame the lot, rule out the ruler, the store-room and the pour.
Ranked by how often, in our judgement, each one produces an apparent lot difference. The first four are on your side and cost nothing to check; signs are common observations, not CSI data.
Cause ranking · new pack differs from the retained sample
Measurement, handling and test set-up (your side) separated from the wick itself · ₹ CSI live pricing, 7 October 2026
| Cause | What you'd see | Discriminating test | Fix | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Measuring differently (your side) | A consistent shift in length; tab sizes that don't add up | Re-measure five retained wicks with the same ruler and method, same person | One steel ruler, one method, written down | Nothing |
| 2. Handling or storage damage (your side) | Bent or kinked wicks, crushed tabs, dust, a damp feel after a monsoon store | Compare a sealed part of the pack with an exposed part | Keep packs sealed, dry and flat; reject damaged wicks individually | Nothing |
| 3. Comparison candles not alike (making) | One arm burns differently, but the arms were poured on different days or from different wax | Pour all six from one melt, alternate positions | Repeat the burn properly | ₹767.40 |
| 4. Room and trim (burning) | Flicker, soot on one side, a candle trimmed later than the others | Still air, one trim length, same session times | Fix the protocol | Nothing |
| 5. Wrong variant or product (purchasing) | Visibly thinner or thicker; label says C1 for C2 | Pack label against the order and the specification | Return the conversation to the supplier; it's not a lot issue | Nothing |
| 6. Real lot variation (the wick) | Length, tab, braid or coating shifted across many wicks; taller flame or bigger mushroom in the burn | Measurement plus the 3 + 3 burn | Hold the lot; supplier conversation; bridging stock | ₹1,227.20 for 130 bridging wicks |
Cause 6 is the one you're looking for, and it's the last to conclude. Wick lots can differ in ways a ruler won't see (fibre, braid tension, coating), which is why measurement alone can release a lot but can't clear a suspicious one. The published background on why two wicks of the same length and thickness can still burn differently is the same length and thickness, but different burn; for how a lot difference shows up as late-burn growth, see mushrooming only after several burn cycles.
The incoming measurements and the accept rule
Twenty wicks, ten minutes, one ruler. Do it on every pack.
Take 20 wicks from across the pack, not the top layer: some from the top, some from the middle, some from the bottom of the bundle. From a 1,000-pack that's 2% of the wicks, and they go back into production if the pack is released. Measure them exactly as you measured the retained sample, ideally the same person with the same ruler.
Incoming measurement sheet · per new pack
Limits are an in-house protocol you set before opening the pack, not industry standards · CSI publishes no wick dimensions for C1 or C2
| Measure | How | Compare with | Example accept limit (yours to set) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label and count | Product, variant, pack size; weigh 50 counted wicks, then the rest, and divide | Order and specification | Correct variant; count within a few wicks of the label |
| Overall length | Steel ruler, tab base to tip, to the nearest 0.5 mm | Retained median and range | Median within 2 mm; no wick outside retained range ± 2 mm |
| Tab | Width across and height of the crimp | Retained tabs | Same size by eye and ruler; no loose or missing tabs in 20 |
| Crimp | Hold the tab, tilt the wick 45° and back | Retained tabs | Wick stays seated and returns upright |
| Braid and fibre | Close photo beside a ruler, same light | Retained photos | No visible change in braid pattern, thickness or colour |
| Coating | Look and feel along the length | Retained wicks | Even, like the retained sample; no bare or heavy patches |
| Straightness | Lay on a flat surface | Retained wicks | No kinks or bends that won't straighten |
The diagram shows why length is recorded as a difference from the retained median rather than as an absolute figure: it works whatever your wick's real length is, and it keeps you from treating an illustrative number as a CSI specification. In the worked example, Lot A's median is +0.5 mm and every wick sits inside the band: it's released on measurement. Lot B's median is +3.0 mm, beyond the 2 mm tolerance, and 5 of its 20 wicks sit above the band: it's held for the burn.
When measurement alone is enough, and when it isn't (our judgement)
Release on measurement when every measure is inside your limits and the pack comes from an order whose first pack has already passed a burn. Burn before release when any measure is outside; when it's the first pack of a new order or a new lot number; when the braid, coating or colour looks different even though the numbers match; or after any complaint linked to the previous lot.The side-by-side burn: six candles, paired limits
Same melt, same pour, same room. The only difference is the wick.
1
Pour six candles from one melt200 g at 8% (96 g of oil and 1,104 g of wax in all), one wax lot, one oil lot, inside the wax page's range (CSI 464 states 80°C–90°C). Three on retained wicks (R), three on new-lot wicks (N), alternating R-N-R-N-R-N as you pour, every wick centred the same way. Label the jar bases.
2
Write the limits before lightingYour normal in-house limits for each candle, plus paired limits for N against R (example below). Cure all six together, at least 3 days.
3
Burn side by side in 4-hour sessionsStill air, spaced apart, positions swapped each session, trimmed to 5–6 mm. Log flame height, mushroom, pool depth and width at hours 1–4, soot card, grams lost, glass on your own non-contact thermometer.
4
Go to the end of the jarAbout 7 sessions each at roughly 7 g an hour; 10 calendar days with the cure. Judge the top, middle and bottom thirds separately; lot differences often grow as the pool deepens.
5
Compare N with R, third by thirdMeans of the three N candles against the three R candles for each measure, and each N candle against your in-house limits.
6
Decide and recordRelease or reject, with the sheet, photos, pack label and date filed together. Keep two of the spent N jars until the lot is used up.
The release rule (ours, labelled)
A held lot is released when every N candle passes every in-house limit in the top, middle and bottom thirds, and the N means stay within the paired limits of the R means in every third: flame height within 0.5 cm, mushroom within 1 mm, pool depth within 0.3 cm, grams per hour within 10%. One N candle failing a limit fails the lot. If the R candles also misbehave, the problem is the test or the formula, not the lot: stop and find out why. An in-house protocol, not an industry standard.Illustrative burn · Lot B against retained, top third, hour 4
Means of three candles each · paired limits from the rule above · not CSI data
| Measure | Retained (R) | Lot B (N) | Difference | Paired limit | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flame height | 3.0 cm | 3.8 cm | +0.8 cm | 0.5 cm | outside |
| Mushroom at hour 4 | 2 mm | 4 mm | +2 mm | 1 mm | outside |
| Pool depth | 1.1 cm | 1.5 cm | +0.4 cm | 0.3 cm | outside |
| Grams per hour | 6.8 | 7.9 | +16% | 10% | outside |
| Soot card | clean | light grey at hour 4 | — | no worse than R | fail |
Lot B fails on the top third alone; you'd stop there and record it rather than burn it to the bottom. The pattern (longer wicks, taller flame, bigger mushroom, faster burn) is consistent: this lot behaves like a stronger wick in your jar. It's exactly the kind of difference that would have reached customers as soot complaints if the pack had gone straight to the pouring table.
Comparison burn materials and ₹ · 6 candles × 200 g at 8%
CSI live pricing, 7 October 2026, in stock · wicks from your retained sample and the new pack · own oil and jars · excludes labour, freight, packaging and GST
| Item | Need | Buy | ₹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicks | 3 retained + 3 new | From your stock | none to buy |
| Wax: Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | 1,104 g | 1 kg + 500 g (396 g spare) | ₹767.40 |
| Oil: production oil | 96 g | From stock | your own |
| Centring | 6 holders, one type | Wick Centering Device, one pack (reuse one) | ₹118.00 |
| Scale, if you have none | 1 | Candle Making Weighing Scale | ₹354.00 |
| Total | wax + centring / + scale | ₹885.40 / ₹1,239.40 |
Release, hold or reject, and what to buy meanwhile
A held lot shouldn't stop production. It should stop that lot.
Decision table · new wick lot
Our judgement · CSI wick range and prices as listed on 7 October 2026
| Result | Decision | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Measurements inside; order already burn-checked | Release | Move to released stock; retain 20 wicks from the pack |
| Measurements inside; first pack of a new order | Release after the burn | Keep using released stock while the 3 + 3 runs |
| Measurements outside; burn passes every limit | Release, noted | Record the new median as a variant of the approved wick; watch complaints |
| Burn fails (Lot B) | Reject | Hold the pack; send us photos, measurements and the burn sheet on WhatsApp; bridging stock if needed |
| Both arms misbehave | Investigate | The formula, the jar or the test changed: not a lot question (6988) |
Bridging stock. If a lot is held and you have no released wicks left, order the smallest quantity that covers the gap. Worked example, labelled: at 250 candles a month, about two weeks is 125 wicks; Eco C2 100 + 20 + 10 = 130 for ₹1,227.20. Ask us on WhatsApp whether stock from a different lot is available before it dispatches, and measure the bridging pack against your retained sample too. We'd rather tell you we can't confirm a lot than send you more of the one you've just held.
Argued against our own interest: if your measurements pass and the order is already burn-checked, don't run a burn just because it feels safer; it takes 10 days and tells you little the ruler hasn't. And if a lot fails, a bigger order from us isn't the fix: a held lot is a conversation about that lot, and the wick range we list has no in-between size to switch to. CSI's sized, tabbed wicks are three rungs (C1 → C2 → Cotton Braided) plus one wooden width; if a lot difference pushes your candle to the edge of its rung, the honest options are a formula adjustment, a pair of smaller wicks, or a WhatsApp conversation about what we stock.
Don't do this. Don't open a new pack straight onto the pouring table; quarantine first. Don't measure only the top layer of a bundle. Don't compare candles poured on different days and call the difference a lot effect. Don't mix a held lot with released wicks "to use it up slowly"; that spreads the problem across every batch. Don't burn the whole retained sample in one comparison; three wicks per check is enough, and you'll need the rest next time (keeping an approved reference sample). And don't change the limits after you've seen the result.
The step back to production
A released pack goes into production with its date and lot written on the batch sheet for every candle it wicks, so a later complaint can be traced to a pack. Keep 20 wicks from it, sealed, as the next reference. How much wick stock to hold so a held lot never stops you is safety stock for a shared wick; how much to order is 6999. For the record-keeping that ties a lot to a test, the published guide is organising hundreds of burn-test results.
Diwali is 8 November 2026, 32 days from 7 October 2026. A full-life comparison burn takes about 10 days. If festive wicks arrive late in October, measure them the day they land and keep released stock in hand for the burn. Ask us on WhatsApp for stock, the lot information we have, and dispatch, with a GST invoice.
WhatsApp a festive wick order
What to buy, and what to skip
Four items, chosen on page statements, price and stock on 7 October 2026. CSI publishes no wick dimensions or burn data, so nothing is ranked on performance, and each card says when not to buy.
1
wick · the lot under test and the bridging pack
Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1) and Thick (C2)
The worked example compares a newly delivered C2 1,000-pack (₹9,440.00) against retained C2 wicks from the approved sample. In the text we captured the page states no length, width or tab size, so the comparison is against your retained sample, never against a published figure. If a lot is held, a small bridging order keeps production going: about two weeks at 250 candles a month is 125 wicks, 100 + 20 + 10 = 130 for ₹1,227.20. Honest limitation: a bridging pack may come from the same lot as the one you're holding; ask before dispatch, and measure it too.
| Pack | Price | Per wick | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) / 10 | ₹59.00 | ₹5.90 | Out of stock on 7 October 2026 |
| Thin (C1) / 20 | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | smallest C1 pack |
| Thin (C1) / 50 | ₹295.00 | ₹5.90 | same per wick |
| Thin (C1) / 100 | ₹590.00 | ₹5.90 | same per wick |
| Thin (C1) / 500 | ₹2,950.00 | ₹5.90 | same per wick |
| Thin (C1) / 1,000 | ₹5,900.00 | ₹5.90 | same per wick |
| Thick (C2) / 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | bridging, with the 100 and 20 |
| Thick (C2) / 20 | ₹188.80 | ₹9.44 | bridging |
| Thick (C2) / 50 | ₹472.00 | ₹9.44 | same per wick |
| Thick (C2) / 100 | ₹944.00 | ₹9.44 | bridging, two weeks |
| Thick (C2) / 500 | ₹4,720.00 | ₹9.44 | same per wick |
| Thick (C2) / 1,000 | ₹9,440.00 | ₹9.44 | the lot under test (20 measured) |
C2 ₹9.44 a wick at every pack. Buy C2 100 — ₹944.00
2
tool · count and consumption by weight
Candle Making Weighing Scale
Two jobs in a lot check. Counting: weigh a counted 50 wicks together, then the pack's wicks, and divide; it tells you whether a "1000 Wicks" pack holds about a thousand without counting by hand. Consumption: weigh each comparison candle before and after every session for grams per hour. The page says it shows "grams or ounces"; capacity and resolution aren't stated in the text we captured, so weigh wicks in a batch large enough for the reading to mean something. Argued against our own interest: any reliable kitchen or jewellery scale you own does this.
| Listing | Price | Stock | Use here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candle Making Weighing Scale | ₹354.00 | In stock | count by weight; grams per hour in the burn |
Weigh 50 wicks, not one. Buy — ₹354.00
3
wax · the comparison candles
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (flakes)
Six 200 g candles at 8% need 1,104 g: a 1 kg and a 500 g (₹767.40). The point is that all six come from one melt, one pour and one lot, so the only difference is the wick. The page states "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C" and "Fragrance Load Up to 10%", a formulation limit. Argued against our own interest: use your production wax if you have it open; it's the wax the wick will meet in production, and the comparison only needs the six candles to share it.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹0.52 | with a 1 kg: six comparison candles |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹0.51 | with the 500 g: 396 g spare |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹0.51 | same per gram |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹0.51 | production |
Comparison wax: ₹767.40. Buy 1 kg — ₹507.40
4
accessory · identical centring on both arms
Wick Centering Device (Pack of 5)
A side-by-side burn is only fair if both arms are centred the same way; a lean on one new-lot candle can look like a lot difference. Wooden bars with one 4 mm hole ("Hole Dia 0,15" (4mm)"), single wick only, reusable once the wax sets. CSI also lists a Bamboo Wick Holder (Set of 5, ₹118.00). Limitation: use the same holder type on all six candles; mixing holders adds a variable.
| Holder | Price | Per holder | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick Centering Device (Pack of 5) | ₹118.00 | ₹23.60 | five of six candles; reuse one |
| Bamboo Wick Holder (Set of 5) | ₹118.00 | ₹23.60 | an alternative holder |
₹23.60 a holder, reusable. Buy 5 — ₹118.00
Skip for now: a bigger wick order to "dilute" a doubtful lot; a different wick size as a quick fix for a lot difference (that's a formula change, with its own replicates); a second scale or holder type mid-test; and any burn on a pack whose measurements pass inside an order that has already been burn-checked.
The CSI principle
A new lot earns its place in production by matching the wick you approved: first on the ruler, then, when the ruler isn't sure, in the jar.
Quarantine, measure 20, burn 3 + 3 when anything differs, release only against limits written first. Burn kit ₹885.40.
"The retained sample isn't spare stock. It's the only wick in the building you know works."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the wicks, wax, scale and holders named here, not finished candles. This page still tells you that our wick pages publish no dimensions, that we can't confirm every lot, that a held lot isn't solved by buying more from us, and that a scale you already own will do.
Every CSI price was checked on the live store on 7 October 2026, with stock checked per pack: the Eco C1 10-pack is out of stock and is not offered. Page wording is quoted and attributed, including the Wick Centering Device's 4 mm hole, the scale's "grams or ounces" and CSI 464's pour range and load.
The 20-wick sample, the 2 mm tolerance, the paired limits, both illustrative lots and the burn results, 7 g an hour, 250 candles a month and the two-week bridge are labelled worked examples or our judgement. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check a new batch of candle wicks?
Quarantine it, measure about 20 wicks from across the pack against a retained sample of the approved wick (length, tab, crimp, braid, coating), and burn three candles of each side by side if anything differs.
How many wicks should I measure from a bulk pack?
Our working figure is 20, taken from the top, middle and bottom of the bundle. It's judgement, not a standard: enough to see a shift in the median and any outliers.
Can two lots of the same wick burn differently?
Yes. Braid, fibre and coating can vary in ways a ruler won't show, which is why a measured difference, or the first pack of a new order, gets a side-by-side burn.
What if my new wicks burn hotter than the old ones?
Hold the lot, record the burn sheet and photos, and tell your supplier. Keep producing with released stock or a small bridging order, measured against your retained sample too.
Do I need to burn every new pack of wicks?
Not if its measurements pass and the order it came from has already passed a burn. Burn the first pack of each order, any pack that measures outside your limits, and any pack that looks different.
What are the length and thickness of CSI Eco wicks?
The page states neither in the text we captured. Compare new packs against your own retained, measured sample; that is the specification that matters for your candle.
New lot in, development sample on file
Quarantine, measure twenty, burn three against three when anything differs, then release.
The burn needs 1.5 kg of wax (₹767.40) and wicks you already hold. If a pack doesn't match, send us the photos and numbers on WhatsApp; we'll tell you what we know about the lot, and what we can't confirm.
Shop Eco Candle Wicks C1 / C2 Report a lot difference on WhatsApp
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- My New Wick Passed One Full Candle Test — How Many Repeat Burns Should I Perform Before Approving It for Production?
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- My Wick Sample Works Perfectly — Should I Request the Same Specification When Moving to a 5,000-Piece Wholesale Wick Order?
- Should I Keep an Approved Wick Reference Sample for Every Commercial Candle Formula?
- What Information Should Be Written into My Master Candle Formula So Purchasing Cannot Accidentally Order the Wrong Wick?
- How Much Safety Stock Should I Keep for a Wick That Is Used Across Several Bestselling Candle SKUs?
- How Do I Take a Candle from Large Flame / Soot / Mushrooming → Identify the Combustion Problem → Separate User Behaviour from Formulation Failure → Test Smaller or Alternative CSI Wicks → Complete Full-Life Burn Testing → Approve the Specification → Purchase Production Quantities?
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About this guide: part of CSI's cluster on moving from a failed wick to the correct CSI wick and a bulk purchase (6981–7000). It covers comparing a new bulk wick lot against the retained development sample before release: causes of an apparent difference ranked, the incoming measurement sheet and accept rule, when a burn is needed, a 3 + 3 side-by-side burn with paired limits and an in-house release rule, a decision table, bridging stock and the step back to production.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Bamboo Wick Holder, Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles, Premium Candle Wicking Needle. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the burn and wick advice on this page. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Monika Deep, Subhankar Roy, Thenirvaofficial. The reviews from Ashwini, Lalitha Jagan, LJ are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 7 October 2026, CSI live pricing: Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00 (out of stock), 20 ₹118.00, 50 ₹295.00, 100 ₹590.00, 500 ₹2,950.00, 1,000 ₹5,900.00 (₹5.90 a wick); Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 20 ₹188.80, 50 ₹472.00, 100 ₹944.00, 500 ₹4,720.00, 1,000 ₹9,440.00 (₹9.44 a wick); Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Wick Centering Device (Pack of 5) ₹118.00; Bamboo Wick Holder (Set of 5) ₹118.00. Every item priced here is in stock on 7 October 2026 except where marked. Per unit = price ÷ units, two decimals. CSI lists no non-contact thermometer.
Non-price figures: "new bulk wick lot" and "development sample" are the reader's terms (title). The 200 g candle at 8% (16 g oil + 184 g wax, total-weight basis) is the series default, labelled. Length is shown as the difference from the retained median because CSI states no length for Eco C1 or C2. The 20-wick sample, 2 mm tolerance, paired limits (0.5 cm, 1 mm, 0.3 cm, 10%), both lots' values and the burn results, 7 g an hour, a 20 g floor, 250 candles a month and the two-week bridge are labelled worked examples, illustrations or our judgement. Rules of thumb: 5–6 mm trim, 1 cm floor, 48–72 hours' cure for soy. Wax ceiling as the page states (CSI 464 up to 10%), a formulation limit. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.