How to Choose a Wick After Changing Fragrance Oil
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Changed your oil · re-wick by bracket
Pour a three-wick bracket beside the old oil and let the melt pool choose the wick for your new fragrance.
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CSI Troubleshooting · Fragrance Oil × Wick
A new fragrance oil can move the wick your jar needs, or leave it exactly where it was. A three-wick bracket beside one reference candle tells you which, in fourteen days, with a record you can repeat.
₹589.00
new spend for a five-candle re-wick in the worked example · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Do I need a new wick when I change fragrance oil? Sometimes. A new oil can change how the pool feeds the wick, especially when you move from a light oil to a dense one. You find out with a bracket test, not by guessing, and the answer may be "keep the wick you have".What is the procedure? Pour four candles from one melt: the old oil on your current wick as a reference, and the new oil on one wick size down, your current size and one size up. Same wax, jar, load and pour day. Log the melt pool hourly on a cured candle.
What should I record? Pool width at hours 1 to 4, depth at hour 3, flame (small, steady or tall), any carbon ball or soot, and the candle's age. Those five facts decide the wick.
What does it cost? In the worked example below, ₹589.00: 50 g of the new oil plus a pack each of the two wick sizes you do not already use. Verdict on day 14.
The short answer
The rule: re-wick by bracket. One size down, your current size, one size up, all in the new oil, beside a reference candle in the old oil.
The control: the reference candle. If it misbehaves too, the change is in your process or materials, not in the new oil.
The record: pool width hourly, depth at hour 3, flame, soot, age. Same trim, same room, one candle at a time.
The cost: ₹589.00 new spend in the worked example (Dark Vanilla 50 g, C1 and braided packs); five candles; 14 days.
In this guide
- Straight answer: how to choose the new wick
- Before you re-wick: is it the oil, or did something else change?
- Reading the two oil pages side by side
- Setting the bracket: which three wicks
- The procedure, day by day
- What to record, and how to measure it
- Reading the result: five outcomes
- What to buy for the bracket
- Frequently asked questions
The bench and the record card for a re-wick. R, the reference, is your old oil on your current wick: it proves the jar, wax and process still behave. X1, X2 and X3 are the new oil on one wick size down, the current size and one size up. R against X2 isolates the oil; X1 against X2 against X3 isolates the wick. Fill the card at each hour of the burn.
Bracket arms · C1 ₹59.00 · C2 ₹94.40
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Tell us your jar, old oil and new oil; we will suggest the three wicks
Straight answer
I have changed my fragrance oil. How do I choose the right wick now?
Do not pick a size from a chart or from the new oil's reputation. Run a three-wick bracket in the new oil beside one reference candle in the old oil. From a single wax melt, pour four 150 g candles at the same load: R, the old oil on your current wick; X1, the new oil one size down; X2, the new oil on your current size; X3, the new oil one size up. Centre every wick, cure all four together (oil pages that state a soy cure ask for 48–72 hours before burn testing), and burn them one at a time in the same still room, logging pool width every hour, depth at hour 3, flame and soot. The winner is the smallest wick whose pool reaches the glass in about 3–4 hours with a steady flame and no soot. Confirm it with one repeat candle from a separate melt before you pour production. If R misbehaves too, stop: something other than the oil has changed. In the worked example, switching from Citrus Lemon to Dark Vanilla in a jar that uses C2, new spend is ₹589.00.
One line: a new oil gets a new bracket, not a new guess: size down, same size, size up, beside the old oil.
The bracket in one order: Eco C1 ₹59.00, Eco C2 ₹94.40 and Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made ₹120.00, a pack of 10 of each, ₹273.40 together. You probably own one of them already. All in stock on 25 September 2026.
Buy Eco C1/C2 wicks
Before you re-wick: is it the oil, or did something else change?
A re-wick answers one question: what wick does this new oil need? It cannot answer three questions at once.
When makers change oil, they often change something else in the same week: a new bag of wax, a different jar from a new supplier, a higher load "because the new scent is lighter", a hotter room in April. If the first candle in the new oil misbehaves, it is tempting to blame the oil and reach for a bigger wick. Before you run the procedure below, check that the oil really is the only thing that changed. If it is not, you are about to wick for the wrong cause.
Is it actually the fragrance oil? · what else commonly changes with it
If any row says "changed", hold it constant or test it first
| Variable | How it sneaks in with an oil change | What to do before the bracket |
|---|---|---|
| Load | "The new oil smells lighter, so I went from 8% to 10%" | Pour the new oil at the old load first. Load and wick together are a different test (see Does Increasing Fragrance Load Mean I Need a Bigger Wick?). |
| Wax | A new batch, a new grade, or a switch from CSI 464 to CSI 468 | Use the same wax for R and all X candles. A new wax needs its own bracket. |
| Jar | Same fill weight, different inside diameter | Measure the inside diameter; if it changed, R is no longer a valid reference. |
| Temperature | A different add or pour temperature for the "delicate" new oil | Follow your wax page and log it. CSI 464's page gives a pour temperature of 80°C–90°C; CSI 468's gives 58°C–60°C. |
| Age at test | The old oil was judged at day 14, the new at day 2 | Pour R fresh beside the X candles so they are the same age. |
The reference candle R is the check that makes this honest. It is your old oil, on your current wick, poured the same day from the same melt. If R burns as it always has, the jar, wax and process are unchanged and anything odd in X2 belongs to the oil. If R misbehaves too, the problem arrived with something else, and the oil is not the suspect. That is the whole diagnostic logic of a re-wick in one candle.
Argued against our own interest: a maker whose first candle in a new oil tunnels or drowns will often decide the oil is "bad for soy" and order a different one. Often, in our judgement, the oil is fine and the wick is one size off, or the load crept up with the switch. Re-wick before you re-buy. A pack of 10 wicks costs ₹59.00 to ₹120.00; a second 50 g of a different oil costs more and teaches you less.
Reading the two oil pages side by side
You cannot read a wick size off a product page, but you can read which direction to expect. Put the old and new oil pages next to each other and compare four things. None of them is a measurement of how an oil burns; each is a stated fact that tends to go with a wick change. Why oil changes the fuel a wick draws is explained in the cluster hub, Can Fragrance Oil Make a Candle Wick Too Weak?; what makes an oil "heavy" is in Do Heavy Fragrance Oils Need a Larger Candle Wick?.
Old oil vs new oil · quoted from CSI product pages, 25 September 2026
Worked example: Citrus Lemon to Dark Vanilla
| Page signal | Citrus Lemon (old) | Dark Vanilla (new) | What it suggests for the bracket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stated candle load | "candles (6-10%)" | "candles (6-10%)" | Same range, so pour both at the same load (8% here). A different range is a reason to check load before wick. |
| Stated notes | Lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, "a tangy mandarin finish"; no base named | Vanilla, spice, "deep caramel and cream", "dark amber and warm musk" | Light and top-led to dense and sweet: in our judgement the most likely direction is up a size. Test, do not assume. |
| Vanillin | not stated in the page text we hold | "Vanillin present - note for light-coloured wax" | Not a wick signal as such, but in our judgement vanilla-rich oils are among the ones makers most often re-wick; also a colour flag. |
| Cure line | "Cure soy wax candles for 48-72 hours before burn testing" | "at least 48-72 hours before burn testing" | Both pages ask for a cure before judging. Judge every bracket candle at the same age. |
A few oil pages carry wick advice of their own, and all of it points to testing. The Verbena page says "Test wick size based on container diameter"; the Cinnamon page says "Test wick size based on container dimensions and wax type"; the Vanilla Bean page says "Wick testing is recommended based on your container size and wax type". Seven oil pages in our captured page text carry a wick recommendation of some kind, and none of them gives a size. They cannot: your jar is not on their page.
Direction, not destination
Light to dense (citrus or fresh to vanilla, gourmand, resin or oud): expect to need the same or one size up. Dense to light: expect the same or one size down. Similar to similar at the same load: often the same wick, which a single check can confirm. When a single check is enough and when the full bracket is mandatory is a policy question, answered in Should I Retest My Wick Every Time I Change Candle Fragrance?.Setting the bracket: which three wicks
A bracket is three guesses arranged so that, ideally, one of them is wrong in each direction.
The point of three wicks is not to find the winner at the first attempt. It is to trap it. If the size below drowns or tunnels and the size above runs tall or sooty, the winner is the middle, and you know it for a reason rather than a hunch. If two wicks pass, you take the smaller: it tends to burn cooler and cleaner, and it costs less. If none passes, the bracket has told you which direction to move next.
CSI's container wick ladder · page wording and prices, 25 September 2026
Bracket inside one wick family; do not mix cotton and wood in the same bracket
| Step | Wick | What the page says | Per wick | Bracket role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) | "natural fibers like cotton and paper"; no diameter chart | ₹5.90 (pack of 10) | Lower arm when you are on C2 |
| 2 | Eco Candle Wicks Thick (C2) | as above | ₹9.44 (pack of 10) | Middle arm when you are on C2; upper arm when on C1 |
| 3 | Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made | "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm" | ₹12.00 (pack of 10) | Upper arm when you are on C2 |
| separate family | Performance Wooden Wicks | "made from thin strips of wood", pack includes wick tabs | ₹59.00 (pack of 10) | Its own bracket only; no size range in the page text we hold |
Three common starting points
You are on C2 (the worked example): bracket C1, C2 and Cotton Braided. That is the three ready-made cotton container wicks in the ladder above, in one test. You are on C1 and moving to a denser oil: there is no Eco size below C1, so bracket upward: C1, C2 and Cotton Braided, and expect the braided to be the "too much" arm in a small jar. You are on C1 and moving to a lighter oil: pour C1 and C2 in the new oil and make the third candle a second C1 from a separate melt; with no smaller Eco size to test, a repeat of your current wick is the most useful third candle. If you pour on a wick roll or cut your own lengths, keep the length identical across the bracket so length is not a second variable.
Mistake: testing only the next size up because "heavier oils need bigger wicks". Fix: test your current size too. Plenty of oil changes need no new wick at all, and without X2 in the new oil you will never find that out; you will simply pay ₹2.56 or more per candle for a bigger wick you did not need.
The procedure, day by day
Worked example: a range that uses Citrus Lemon at 8% in Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464, in a jar you already wick with C2, adding Dark Vanilla. All candles are 150 g at 8%: 12 g of oil and 138 g of wax.
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Day 0 — one melt, four jugs, four candlesMelt 552 g of wax for four candles. Weigh 12 g of Citrus Lemon into 138 g of wax in one jug, and 36 g of Dark Vanilla into 414 g in another (for X1, X2 and X3); add at your wax page's temperature and stir each for the same time. Pour R (Citrus Lemon, C2), then X1 (C1), X2 (C2) and X3 (braided) from the Dark Vanilla jug. Centre every wick with a holder. Label the bases, not the sides.
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Day 0 — log the pourPour date, room temperature, add and pour temperatures, grams of oil and wax per candle, wick in each. It takes two minutes and it is the only way to repeat the winner exactly.
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Day 3 — first burn, one candle at a timeTrim every wick to the same length. Burn each for up to four hours in the same still room, fan and AC off. Fill the record card at hours 1, 2, 3 and 4. Put a candle out early if the flame runs tall or smokes, and write down when and why; that is a result, not a failure.
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Day 7 — second burn, choose, pour YBurn again from cold. The provisional winner is the smallest wick whose pool reached the glass by about hour 3 to 4 with a steady flame and no carbon ball. Pour candle Y, the winner repeated, from a separate melt: 12 g of Dark Vanilla, which leaves 2 g in the 50 g bottle.
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Day 14 — third burn and the repeatBurn the winner at day 14 and Y at its own day 7. If Y behaves like its twin, the wick is chosen. If it does not, your process moved between melts; fix that before pouring production.
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Burn the winner to the endKeep burning the winner in sessions of up to four hours until it is finished. Late-life behaviour (a flame that grows as the jar warms, or a wick that drowns in the last centimetre) is where a borderline choice shows. Note it on the card.
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Write the recipe cardOil, load in grams, wax, jar with inside diameter, wick, add and pour temperatures, cure day. That card is what production follows, and what you compare against next time you change oil.
What the bracket costs · CSI live pricing, 25 September 2026
New spend ₹589.00; materials in five candles ₹1,305.29
| Item | What you use | New spend | Value consumed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Vanilla 50 g (the new oil) | 48 g (X1, X2, X3, Y) | ₹410.00 | ₹393.60 |
| Citrus Lemon (the old oil, already owned) | 12 g (R) | already owned | ₹40.80 |
| Eco C1 pack of 10 + Cotton Braided pack of 10 | 1 C1, up to 2 braided | ₹59.00 + ₹120.00 | ₹48.78 (all five wicks, C2 included, worst case) |
| Your C2 wicks | up to 2 | already owned | |
| Wax, valued as CSI 464 at ₹0.51/g (10 kg price) | 690 g | already owned | ₹350.11 |
| Jars, valued as the 150 g clear jar at ₹94.40 each | 5 jars | already owned | ₹472.00 |
| Total | 5 candles | ₹589.00 | ₹1,305.29 (₹261.06 per candle) |
If you do not already own C2 wicks, add ₹94.40 (₹683.40 new spend). Add ₹118.00 for a pack of five centering devices if you have no holders. All figures exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. The jars and the new oil are the dearest lines; wash and reuse test jars, and buy 50 g of the oil rather than 500 g for a re-wick.
What to record, and how to measure it
A re-wick without a record is an opinion about a candle you have already burned.
The card in the diagram is the minimum. Here is what each line means, how to measure it with a ruler and a skewer, and why it earns its place. Record numbers, not adjectives: "3.5 cm" can be compared with next month's candle; "almost full" cannot.
The re-wick record · one card per candle, filled during the burn
What to write, how to measure it, and what it tells you
| Field | How to measure | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Candle age at test | Days since pour, from the base label | Only same-age candles can be compared; oil pages that state a soy cure ask for 48–72 hours |
| Jar inside diameter | Ruler across the inside of the rim, once | The rules of thumb scale with width: roughly an hour of burning per 2.5 cm to reach the glass |
| Pool width, hours 1–4 | Ruler across the liquid, widest point | The main verdict: a pool at or near the glass by about hour 3–4 is the usual target |
| Pool depth, hour 3 | Dip a wooden skewer beside the wick, read the wet mark | About 0.5–1 cm is a common target; much deeper with a tall flame suggests too much wick |
| Flame | Small / steady / tall; flicker or smoke | Small and shrinking with a narrow pool: too little wick. Tall with smoke: too much |
| Carbon ball or soot | Look at the wick tip and the glass rim after the burn | A carbon ball often means the wick has more fuel than it burns cleanly; compare arms |
| Wick length before lighting | Ruler, after trimming | Keeps trim from becoming a hidden second variable |
| Room and air | Room, fan or AC on or off, window open or shut | A draught flattens flames and skews pools; keep it identical for every candle |
Throw is not on this card
A re-wick is judged on the burn. Score scent separately, blind, on the chosen wick, because a candle that throws beautifully on an oversized wick is still an oversized wick. How to score hot throw fairly is in How to Test Fragrance Oil Hot Throw Before Buying It in Bulk.Reading the result: five outcomes
Read R first. It tells you whether the rest of the bench is trustworthy.
Bracket outcomes · editorial judgement, not measured data
What the pattern of passes and fails tells you to do next
| Pattern at day 7 and 14 | What it means | Next move |
|---|---|---|
| R fine; X2 fine; X1 short; X3 too tall | The new oil needs no new wick in this jar | Keep your current wick; confirm with Y. The cheapest outcome. |
| R fine; X2 short or drowning; X3 fine | The new oil wants one size up | Adopt the upper arm; confirm with Y; burn to the end to check late-life flame. |
| R fine; X1 and X2 both fine | The new oil can take one size down | Adopt the smaller wick; it tends to burn cooler and costs less. |
| R fine; all three X short | The bracket sat too low for this jar and oil, or the load is too high for the jar | Check the load against both ceilings; then bracket one step higher, or ask on WhatsApp. |
| R misbehaves as well | Something other than the oil changed: wax, jar, trim, process, room | Stop. Find the other change before re-wicking anything. |
If one oil in your range keeps landing on a different wick from the rest, you are managing a range with more than one wick, which is its own question: Do Different Fragrance Oils Require Different Wick Sizes in the Same Jar? covers how often that happens and how to keep it straight; the deep case, a wick that works for one scent and tunnels in another, is My Candle Wick Works Perfectly With One Fragrance but Tunnels With Another — Do I Need Different Wicks for Every Scent?.
When the right purchase is nothing: the first row of that table is common. If X2, your current wick in the new oil, reaches the glass cleanly, you needed a bracket to prove it, and nothing else. The C1 and braided packs you bought will serve the next oil change.
What to buy for the bracket
Three wick-side purchases that build the bracket and keep it fair, then the two oils in the worked example. The oils are chosen on stated basis: a stated candle load, stated notes, stated cure line, price per gram and stock on 25 September 2026. CSI has no measured burn or throw data for any oil. Candle counts assume 150 g at 8%.
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wick · the bracket, lower and middle arms
Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1) and Thick (C2)
The two sizes this procedure starts from. You probably own the one your jar already uses; buy a pack of the other so the bracket has an arm below or above it. The page describes them as made from "natural fibers like cotton and paper" and says they "pair perfectly with soy wax"; the Eco Soy CSI 400 page recommends "Eco Wicks". No diameter chart is published, which is exactly why the bracket exists. Every pack size of both was in stock on 25 September 2026. Limitation: two sizes are a short ladder; for a heavy oil in a wide jar the bracket may need to reach the braided wick below.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) / 10 Wicks | ₹59.00 | ₹5.90 | one bracket arm plus spares |
| Thin (C1) / 20 Wicks | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | 20 candles once the winner is known |
| Thin (C1) / 100 Wicks | ₹590.00 | ₹5.90 | 100 candles once the winner is known |
| Thick (C2) / 10 Wicks | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | one bracket arm plus spares |
| Thick (C2) / 20 Wicks | ₹188.80 | ₹9.44 | 20 candles once the winner is known |
| Thick (C2) / 100 Wicks | ₹944.00 | ₹9.44 | 100 candles once the winner is known |
A pack of the size you do not own: ₹59.00 (C1) or ₹94.40 (C2). Buy Eco wicks — from ₹59.00
2
wick · the bracket, upper arm
Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made
The arm above C2. The page says these are "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm" with a "thick, braided construction", and gives the wick height as 10.16 cm. In a smaller jar we would expect it to run too big, and that is useful: a bracket needs one arm that shows you where "too much wick" starts, so the winner sits between two known failures. Burn it within sight and put it out if the flame runs tall or smokes. Limitation: the page publishes no size chart beyond "exceeding 8 cm"; it is one size, not a range.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹120.00 | ₹12.00 | the upper arm of a bracket |
| Pack of 50 | ₹600.00 | ₹12.00 | 50 large-jar candles |
| Pack of 100 | ₹1,200.00 | ₹12.00 | 100 large-jar candles |
One braided wick is ₹12.00; if it wins, it costs ₹2.56 more per candle than C2. Buy braided wicks — ₹120.00 for 10
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tool · the non-oil fix · every bracket
Wick Centering Device (Pack of 5)
A bracket only compares wicks if every wick stands in the same place. An off-centre wick melts one side to the glass and leaves the other solid, which reads as "wrong size" when it is really "wrong position". The page describes a reusable wooden holder about 11.4 cm long, for openings under 4 inches. Five holders cover all four bracket candles plus the repeat. If you pour wider jars, the Steel Wick Holder page says it fits "up to 9 cm wide" (₹250.00 for 5). Limitation: it holds the wick while the wax sets; it does not fix a wick that was glued down off-centre.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 5 | ₹118.00 | ₹23.60 | the four bracket candles and the repeat |
Five holders: ₹118.00, ₹23.60 each, reusable. Buy centering devices — ₹118.00
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gourmand · the new oil in the worked example
Dark Vanilla Fragrance
The kind of switch that most often needs a re-wick in our judgement: from a bright citrus to a dense vanilla. The page states "candles (6-10%)", "Vanillin present - note for light-coloured wax" and "Always cure soy wax candles for at least 48-72 hours before burn testing for best throw". Notes: "rich vanilla and spice opening into deep caramel and cream, settling into dark amber and warm musk". Its "Strong throw" is the page's wording, not a CSI measurement. Limitations: vanillin commonly causes colour change in pale wax over time, so a white range should read why vanilla turns wax brown before committing; and at ₹8.20 per gram in the 50 g it costs more than twice Citrus Lemon per gram. The 15 g is 5.7% dearer per gram than the 50 g.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹130.00 | ₹8.67 | 1 |
| 50 gm | ₹410.00 | ₹8.20 | 4 |
| 100 gm | ₹790.00 | ₹7.90 | 8 |
| 500 gm | ₹3,840.00 | ₹7.68 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,646.00 | ₹7.65 | 83 |
Oil per 8% candle: ₹98.40 at 50 g, ₹92.16 at 500 g, ₹91.75 at 1 kg. Two 500 g packs cost ₹34.00 more than the 1 kg. Buy Dark Vanilla 50 g
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citrus · the old oil and reference candle
Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil
The oil the worked example switches from, and a sensible reference oil to keep in stock if your range is light and fresh. The page states "candles (6-10%)" and "Cure soy wax candles for 48-72 hours before burn testing". Notes: "zesty lemon and lime top notes, bright grapefruit and orange heart, and a tangy mandarin finish", with no base named, which is why a wick tuned for it can struggle with something denser. "Strong throw" is the page's wording. Limitation: it is a light, top-led oil, so as a reference it tells you about the wick and the process, not about how a vanilla range will smell. The 1 kg is 16.7% cheaper per gram than the 50 g, and ₹8.00 cheaper than two 500 g packs.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹81.42 | ₹5.43 | 1 |
| 50 gm | ₹170.00 | ₹3.40 | 4 |
| 100 gm | ₹300.00 | ₹3.00 | 8 |
| 500 gm | ₹1,420.00 | ₹2.84 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹2,832.00 | ₹2.83 | 83 |
Oil per 8% candle: ₹40.80 at 50 g, ₹33.98 at 1 kg. Buy Citrus Lemon 50 g
We sell the 500 g and 1 kg of both oils. For a re-wick, buy 50 g of the new oil: it covers four candles at 8% with 2 g left, and you should not own a kilogram of an oil until you know which wick it burns on. Switching a line from Citrus Lemon to Dark Vanilla also changes the oil cost of each candle by ₹57.77 at the 1 kg price, before any change of wick.
Christmas 25 December 2026 is 91 days from 25 September 2026. A bracket poured by 5 October gives a confirmed wick by 19 October and production in November with time to cure. Worked example: 41 Dark Vanilla candles at 8% (500 g of oil, ₹3,840.00) with CSI 464 (₹2,870.87), 150 g clear jars and C2 wicks come to ₹10,968.31, ₹267.52 per candle before labour, freight, packaging and GST. Confirm dispatch on WhatsApp before promising dates.
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The CSI principle
Change one thing, trap the answer, write it down.
A new oil gets a bracket around your current wick and a reference candle in the old oil. The winner is the smallest wick that reaches the glass cleanly, confirmed once more before production.
"You do not choose a wick for a new oil. You let three candles and a ruler choose it."
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Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the wicks, wax, jars and oils named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page tells you that a new oil often needs no new wick, and that the cheapest outcome of a bracket is keeping what you have. We would rather you proved that than bought a bigger wick on instinct.
Every price and per-gram figure was verified on CSI's live store on 25 September 2026; every size in the pick tables was in stock on that date, and any that is not would be flagged as out of stock. Loads, notes, cure lines, vanillin wording and wick wording are quoted from product pages; where a page is silent, we say so.
The bracket design, the direction-of-change guidance, the outcome table and the choice of oils are editorial judgement; pool targets are commonly cited rules of thumb; CSI has no measured burn or throw data for any oil. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to change my wick if I change fragrance oil?
Sometimes. In our judgement, moving from a light oil to a dense, sweet or resinous one is the change most likely to need one size up; similar oils at the same load often need no change. Test with a bracket: one size down, your current size and one size up in the new oil, beside the old oil on your current wick.
How do I test wick size for a new candle fragrance?
Pour four candles from one melt at the same load: the old oil on your current wick, and the new oil on three sizes around it. Cure them together, burn one at a time for up to four hours, and log pool width hourly. The smallest wick that reaches the glass in about 3–4 hours with a steady flame wins.
What is a wick bracket test in candle making?
A test of three wick sizes around your best guess, so the answer is trapped between one wick that is too small and one that is too big. One ready-made cotton ladder at CSI is Eco C1, Eco C2 and Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made; a pack of 10 of each is ₹273.40.
How many candles do I need to test a new wick?
Five in our procedure: a reference in the old oil, three bracket candles in the new oil and one repeat of the winner from a separate melt. At 8% in 150 g candles, the new oil needs 48 g, which a 50 g bottle covers.
What should I write down when wick testing candles?
Candle age, jar inside diameter, pool width at hours 1–4, pool depth at hour 3, flame (small, steady or tall), carbon ball or soot, wick length before lighting, and the room conditions. Numbers, not adjectives.
Can I use the same wick for vanilla and citrus candles?
Sometimes, in the same jar at the same load. Vanilla-rich oils such as Dark Vanilla often need a size up from a citrus, but that is a tendency, not a rule. Run the bracket with the citrus as the reference candle and let the melt pool decide.
Your re-wick
Three wicks, one reference, five candles: from ₹589.00.
Pour the bracket this week and you will know by day 14 whether the new oil needs a new wick, which one, and that your process can repeat it. If the answer is "keep your wick", that is the cheapest answer there is.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: CSI's re-wick procedure for a change of fragrance oil: checks that the oil is the only change, reading two oil pages for direction, setting a three-wick bracket on CSI's wick ladder, a day-by-day procedure with a reference candle, the record card, and five outcomes, routing to wick packs before any second oil.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 — Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil, Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), Dark Vanilla Fragrance, Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the troubleshooting 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 — Anonymous, Avanthi Cheeli, Monika Deep, Soumili Gope, Thenirvaofficial. The reviews from Ashwini are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 25 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00, 20 ₹118.00, 100 ₹590.00; Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 20 ₹188.80, 100 ₹944.00 (50, 500 and 1,000 packs also listed and in stock); Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made 10 ₹120.00, 50 ₹600.00, 100 ₹1,200.00 (500 and 1,000 also listed); Performance Wooden Wicks pack of 10 ₹590.00; Wick Centering Device pack of 5 ₹118.00; Steel Wick Holder pack of 5 ₹250.00; Dark Vanilla 15 g ₹130.00, 50 g ₹410.00, 100 g ₹790.00, 500 g ₹3,840.00, 1 kg ₹7,646.00; Citrus Lemon 15 g ₹81.42, 50 g ₹170.00, 100 g ₹300.00, 500 g ₹1,420.00, 1 kg ₹2,832.00; all in stock. Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹944.00. Per gram = price ÷ grams, two decimals.
Non-price figures: candle maths assume a 150 g candle at 8% (12 g oil + 138 g wax), load as a percentage of total weight; candle counts are floor(grams ÷ 12). Wax temperatures and ceilings are as stated on the wax pages. Oil loads, notes, cure lines, vanillin wording and wick wording are quoted from oil pages and are the pages' claims; "seven oil pages carry a wick recommendation" counts pages in CSI's captured page text. Pool targets and the hour-per-2.5 cm guide are commonly cited rules of thumb. The bracket design, direction guidance and outcome table are editorial judgement. Costs are worked examples excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST.