I’m Double-Wicking a 10 cm Soy Candle with 8% Fragrance — How Do I Choose the First Two Wick Sizes to Test Without Using a Single-Wick Chart Incorrectly?
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10 cm jar · soy · 8% · first double-wick test
Translate the jar to D ÷ √2, then test two C1 against two C2.
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"Good quality .... if possible delivery date would be try little bit quick please"
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Jaya SawlaniVerified buyer · Nov 2025
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CSI Wick Lab · 10 cm Double Wick
Each wick of a 10 cm pair does the work of a single wick in a jar of about 7 cm. Translate the jar first, then test the two pairs you would bracket around that single: two Eco C1 against two Eco C2.
7.07 cm
the single jar each wick of a 10 cm pair is really serving (10 ÷ √2) · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
I'm double-wicking a 10 cm soy candle at 8%. Which two wick sizes do I test first? Treat each wick as a single wick in a smaller jar. Each serves half the pool, and half a 10 cm pool has the area of a 7.07 cm jar (10 ÷ √2). So the first two arms are the pairs you would bracket around a 7 cm single: with CSI wicks, two Eco C1 against two Eco C2.Why not just use a single-wick chart at 10 cm? Because using two of the 10 cm row's wick sizes each wick for twice the area it serves, and halving the diameter (the 5 cm row) sizes it for half. Only the D ÷ √2 row matches.
Is my jar 10 cm inside? If it is CSI's Apothecary, probably not: the page says "Diameter (outer rim): Approx. 10 cm". On a 0.35 cm wall (our assumption) the inside is 9.3 cm and the equivalent jar is 6.58 cm. Measure yours.
What does round 1 cost? Six 500 g candles at 8% Pumpkin Spice, three per arm: 240 g of oil, 2,760 g of wax, six jars, twelve wicks, ₹4,212.86 of materials, excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST.
The short answer
The translation: each wick of a pair serves half the pool, the area of a single jar of D ÷ √2 (7.07 cm for 10 cm inside; 6.58 cm for CSI's 10 cm listing read as outer).
The first two arms: the pairs you would bracket around a single in that jar. At CSI, 2 × Eco C1 and 2 × Eco C2, same spacing, three candles each, 8% held constant.
The chart trap: two of the full-diameter row's wick = each sized for 2.0× its area; the half-diameter row = 0.5×. Neither is a starting point.
The honest limit: the equivalence is area only; a half-pool's far glass is further away than in a small round jar, two flames heat each other, and CSI lists no sized wick between C1 and C2.
In this guide
- Straight answer: which two sizes first?
- Each wick is a single wick in a smaller jar
- Three ways to read a single-wick chart, and two of them wrong
- Why the equivalent jar is only a starting point
- Round 1: two pairs, three candles each
- Reading round 1
- What to buy, and what to skip
- Frequently asked questions
Top: half of a 9.3 cm pool (the inside of CSI's 10 cm listing on our 0.35 cm wall assumption) has the same area as a whole 6.58 cm pool, so each wick of a pair does the work of a single wick in a jar of D ÷ √2. The shapes differ: the half's far glass is 5.20 cm from its wick, the small jar's only 3.29 cm. Bottom: the three ways to read a single-wick chart for that wick, to scale; only the equivalent-diameter row matches. Geometry, not burn data.
The two arms · C1 ₹118.00 for 20 · C2 ₹188.80 for 20
Eco Candle Wicks: two C1 against two C2 is the honest first test for a 10 cm pair
The worked example's oil · 500 g ₹2,950.00 · in stock
Pumpkin Spice: 6–10% for candles by the page; held at 8% in every candle
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Straight answer
I'm double-wicking a 10 cm soy candle with 8% fragrance. How do I choose the first two wick sizes to test without using a single-wick chart incorrectly?
Translate the jar before you choose anything. In a pair, each wick looks after half the pool, and half the pool of a 10 cm-inside jar has the same area as the whole pool of a jar 7.07 cm across (10 ÷ √2). So the right question is not "what wick for 10 cm?" but "what single wick would I bracket in a jar of about 7 cm?", and the first two arms are the pairs you would make from that bracket. With CSI's wicks, that is two Eco C1 against two Eco C2, at the same spacing, three candles each, with your oil held at 8% in every candle. The two common chart mistakes go opposite ways: taking the 10 cm row's wick and using two of them sizes each for 2.0 times the area it actually serves (deep pools, tall flames, hot glass at the line ends), while halving the diameter to 5 cm sizes each for about 0.5 of it (rings at the glass). The equivalent jar is a starting point, not an answer: half a round pool is a D shape whose far glass is further from its wick than any glass in a small round jar, and two flames heat each other, so the result can land on either arm. Burn all six in full sessions, read them after burn 3, and carry the leader to about 1 cm left. If the answer falls between C1 and C2, CSI lists nothing in between, and we would rather say so.
One line: each wick of a 10 cm pair is a single wick in a 7.07 cm jar, so test the pairs you would bracket around a 7 cm single, 2 × C1 against 2 × C2.
The two arms: Eco C1 20 for ₹118.00 (the 10-pack is out of stock on 29 September 2026) and Eco C2 20 for ₹188.80: ₹306.80 for round 1 and a round 2 if a cell splits. Per wick the price is the same in every pack.
Eco C1/C2 — from ₹94.40
Each wick is a single wick in a smaller jar
A pair doesn't make a 10 cm jar easier. It turns it into two 7 cm problems that share a pool.
Put two wicks on a line through the centre of a round jar and, by symmetry, each looks after one half of the surface. The question a wick has to answer is how much area it must melt, and for each wick of a pair that is half the pool. A single jar with half the area has a diameter smaller by a factor of √2 (about 1.41), because area goes with the square of the diameter. That gives a simple translation: equivalent single jar = D ÷ √2.
Equivalent diameter · each wick of a pair
Each wick serves half the pool; a single jar with half the area has diameter D ÷ √2 · π r² on the inside radius · every figure declared
| Your jar measures (inside) | Whole pool | Each wick serves | Equivalent single jar | Nearest single-jar experience in this series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 cm (if your 10 cm is the inside) | 78.54 cm² | 39.27 cm² | 7.07 cm (39.27 cm²) | a 7 cm-inside single (38.48 cm²) |
| 9.3 cm (CSI's 10 cm listing on a 0.35 cm wall) | 67.93 cm² | 33.96 cm² | 6.58 cm (33.96 cm²) | a CSI 7 cm listing read as outer (31.17 cm²) |
| 9.0 cm (the same jar on a 0.5 cm wall) | 63.62 cm² | 31.81 cm² | 6.36 cm | between CSI's 6 and 7 cm listings |
That lands each wick of a 10 cm pair in the range this series covers in the 6–7 cm single-wick hub, where the honest CSI bracket is C1 against C2. It is why the first two arms here are two C1 and two C2, not one size from a 10 cm chart row. If you have already brought a single wick to full life in a CSI 7 cm jar in the same wax and oil, its rung is a sensible middle for your thinking, but not a substitute for testing it in pairs: the next two sections are the reasons.
Measure your inside first. CSI's 10 cm listing, the Apothecary Glass Candle Jar, states "Diameter (outer rim): Approx. 10 cm" and calls itself "thick-walled". Read as outer with a 0.35 cm wall (our series' assumption) the inside is 9.3 cm and each wick's equivalent jar is 6.58 cm, closer to a CSI 7 cm listing read as outer than to a true 7 cm. A thicker wall moves it lower again. The arms don't change, but your expectations should: on a smaller inside, the lower pair has a better chance.
The load stays in the translation
Diameter is translated; nothing else is. The equivalent jar has your wax, your oil and your 8%. The Pumpkin Spice page states "Recommended fragrance load is 6-10% for candles" and CSI 464's "up to 10%", so 8% is mid-range on both. If you plan to sell at 10%, choose the arms at 10%; how load interacts with wick choice is formulation ground, covered in the load-and-wick 2×2 post.Three ways to read a single-wick chart, and two of them wrong
A single-wick chart answers "one wick, this jar". A pair asks a different question.
CSI publishes no wick chart, and its C1 and C2 pages state no jar range in the text we captured, so this is about charts you may have from elsewhere, or habits from your own single-wick notes. A single-wick chart is built for one centred wick: the row for a diameter gives the wick that melts that whole pool from the middle. Used for a pair, they invite two opposite mistakes.
Three ways to read a single-wick chart for a 10 cm pair
Worked on 9.3 cm inside · "sized for" = the pool of the chart row the wick is taken from · ratios declared
| Reading | Row used | Each wick sized for | Each wick serves | Ratio | What tends to happen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Full diameter, two of them | 9.3 cm | 67.93 cm² | 33.96 cm² | 2.0× | two wicks each big enough for the whole jar: deep pool, tall flames, hot glass at the line ends |
| 2 · Halve the diameter | 4.65 cm | 16.98 cm² | 33.96 cm² | 0.5× | two wicks sized for a jar half as wide: rings at the glass, especially at right angles to the wick line |
| 3 · Equivalent diameter | 6.58 cm | 33.96 cm² | 33.96 cm² | 1.0× | the right place to start; still only a starting point (next section) |
Reading 1 is the common one: "my jar is 10 cm, the chart says X for 10 cm, I'll use two of X." Each wick is now sized for the whole jar while serving half of it, 2.0 times the area. In practice that is the deep, hot centre and tall flames that sent you to double-wicking in the first place, now twice over. Reading 2 overcorrects: "each wick covers half the width, so use the 5 cm row." Half the diameter is a quarter of the area, so each wick is sized for 19.63 cm² in a 10 cm-inside jar against 39.27 cm² it serves. Reading 3 asks the area question and lands at 7.07 cm.
Mistake: picking one size from the chart and testing only that pair. What happens: if it rings, you don't know whether the next pair up fixes it or runs hot; if it passes hot, you don't know whether the pair below would have been enough. Fix: two arms from the start, one rung apart, so round 1 brackets the answer.
Why the equivalent jar is only a starting point
Same area, different shape, shared heat. Close enough to choose arms; not close enough to choose a wick.
Why the equivalent jar is only a starting point
Four differences between "half a 10 cm pool" and "a whole 6.6–7.1 cm pool" · tendencies and geometry, not CSI data
| Difference | What it does | What it means for the first two arms |
|---|---|---|
| Shape | The half is a D, not a circle: its farthest glass is 5.20 cm from its wick at the halfway spacing, against 3.29 cm in the equivalent jar (1.6×) | The right-angle points need more reach than the equivalent jar suggests; the upper pair must be in the test |
| Two flames, one pool | The flames heat each other and the strip between them; a pair commonly runs hotter overall than two separate single candles | The lower pair must be in the test too; the upper pair may run hot |
| No wall between the halves | The two pools merge, so heat moves across the middle | Read depth at the midpoint as well as beside each wick |
| Coarse rungs | CSI lists no sized, tabbed wick between C1 and C2 | If the answer is between the arms, it is between CSI's rungs; say so and ask |
The shape point is easy to miss. At the halfway spacing in a 9.3 cm inside (4.65 cm apart), each wick is 2.33 cm from the glass at its end of the wick line but 5.20 cm from the two points at right angles to it; in the equivalent 6.58 cm jar, nothing is more than 3.29 cm away. In a 10 cm inside at 5.0 cm spacing the same comparison is 5.59 cm against 3.54 cm. That is why a pair chosen purely by area can leave crescents of wax at right angles to the wick line, and why reading those crescents is the ring-shape post. The rule-of-thumb clock shows the same tension: one hour per 2.5 cm suggests about 2.6 hours for a 6.58 cm jar but 3.7 for the whole 9.3 cm, and your sessions must satisfy the jar, not the equivalent.
Argued against our own interest: CSI's tabbed rungs are C1 and C2, with no sized wick between them, and both are listed without a jar range. If round 1 says "C1 rings, C2 runs hot", the honest answer is that your pair sits between our sizes; another supplier's in-between wick is a fair next step, and we would rather you heard that from us.
Round 1: two pairs, three candles each
One variable, the pair size. Three candles a cell, because this test sets the baseline for everything after it.
Hold everything else: the same wax bag, oil and load on total weight, jar batch, 500 g fill, spacing, pour temperature, cure and room. The worked example pours the Apothecary 500 gm with CSI 464 and Pumpkin Spice at 8%: 500 g = 40 g of oil + 460 g of wax. Three candles per arm costs more than two at this size, but this round decides which pair every later 10 cm test is built on, and with only two arms a single odd candle would decide it.
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Measure the inside and set the spacingInside diameter at rim, middle and 1 cm above the base (how to measure the inside). For the pair, a common starting point is each wick halfway between centre and glass: centre to centre = inside radius, 4.65 cm on a 9.3 cm inside, 5.0 cm on a 10 cm inside. Same spacing in all six candles.
2
Seat and hold both wicksA 10 mm sticker under each tab; a strip of card punched at your spacing taped across the rim holds the tops. The Steel Wick Holder's page says it fits jars "up to 9 cm wide", so we don't claim it for this jar.
3
Pour all six the same day500 g each at 8% Pumpkin Spice in CSI 464 (40 g + 460 g), poured at 80–85°C into clean, pre-warmed Apothecary jars. Label bases C1-a, C1-b, C1-c, C2-a, C2-b, C2-c.
4
Cure them identicallyThe Pumpkin Spice page states no cure time in the text we captured; the 25 of 102 CSI oil pages that do say 48–72 hours for soy, and many makers wait about a week before judging. Pick one and hold it.
5
Burn in full sessions, still airAbout 3.7 hours or more per session (the very rough one-hour-per-2.5 cm rule on 9.3 cm) or until the pool meets the glass all round, trimmed to about 5–6 mm, fan and AC off, full cool-down between sessions. Burn within sight.
6
Log the same things at 1, 2 and 3 hoursPool width along and across the wick line, depth beside each wick and at the midpoint, trimmed flame heights, carbon caps, soot. Watch the glass at the line ends; judge heat with a non-contact thermometer if you own one (CSI lists none), never by touch.
7
Carry the leaders to about 1 cm leftBurns 1–3 decide which arm keeps going; the full life decides whether it is approved. A pair that is right at the top of a wide jar can run hot near the bottom.
Bill of materials · round 1, six candles · worked example
Pumpkin Spice 500 g · CSI 464 three × 1 kg · Apothecary 500 gm × 6 · Eco C1 20 · Eco C2 20 · stickers 40 · CSI live pricing, 29 September 2026
| Item | Size bought | Used | Cost of what is used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Spice | 500 g, ₹2,950.00 (₹5.90/g) | 240 g (40 g × 6; 260 g left) | ₹1,416.00 |
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | 3 × 1 kg, ₹1,522.20 | 2,760 g (460 g × 6; 240 g left) | ₹1,400.42 |
| Apothecary Glass Candle Jar, 500 gm | 6 × ₹212.40 | 6 jars | ₹1,274.40 |
| Eco Candle Wicks, Thin (C1) | 20, ₹118.00 (10-pack out of stock) | 6 (14 spare) | ₹35.40 |
| Eco Candle Wicks, Thick (C2) | 20, ₹188.80 | 6 (14 spare) | ₹56.64 |
| Candle Wick Stickers | 40, ₹100.00 | 12 | ₹30.00 |
| Round 1, materials consumed | 6 candles | ₹4,212.86 |
Per candle, with stickers: ₹698.60 on the C1 pair and ₹705.68 on the C2 pair (₹236.00 of oil, ₹233.40 of wax, ₹212.40 of jar). The pair choice changes the cost by ₹7.08 a candle. Costs are worked examples and exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. From nothing, the cash outlay is ₹6,153.40. If a cell splits 2–1, a three-candle round 2 on that arm uses 260 g of oil you already have and costs about ₹2,117.05 in materials on the C2 pair, which is why the C2 20-pack is in the list rather than the 10-pack.
Reading round 1
The arms are chosen by geometry. The winner is chosen by the candle.
Reading round 1 · after burn 3 (our judgement, labelled)
"Passes" = at least 2 of 3 candles reach the glass all round by burn 2–3, depth beside each wick and at the midpoint about 0.5–1 cm, trimmed flames about 2.5–5 cm, no persistent soot or heavy carbon
| 2 × C1 | 2 × C2 | Decision | Next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passes | Passes, but runs hotter | The C1 pair: enough reach, less heat | Full life on the C1 pair |
| Rings at the glass | Passes, calm | The C2 pair is the candidate | Full life on the C2 pair; watch the final third |
| Passes | Passes, calm | Take the lower-heat pair unless its throw disappoints | Full life on C1; keep C2 documented |
| Rings at the glass | Passes, but hot (deep, tall, carbon) | The answer sits between CSI's rungs | Check spacing and session first; ask us; another supplier's in-between wick is a fair option |
| Rings | Rings | Under-powered, or the ring is the pair's geometry | Read the ring's shape before going bigger: the ring-shape map |
| Hot | Hot | This jar may not need two wicks at this fill and oil | A single wick is back in play: the one-hour step-down |
| 2–1 split in either arm | — | Not decided | Round 2: three more of that arm (6 candles' worth of oil is left) |
Thresholds are our judgement, chosen to be read with a ruler and a skewer; depth and flame ranges are commonly cited rules of thumb. Keep the standard identical across all six candles and all three burns. Whatever wins, approval waits for the full life: wide jars commonly change behaviour in the lower third, and the multi-wick life-cycle post covers tuning a pair for the whole candle.
Mistake: changing the load in the same round "because two wicks will throw more". What happens: a winner you cannot explain, and a load never tested with the pair you keep. Fix: choose the pair at 8%. If the winning pair is clean but the throw is weak, test the load afterwards on that pair, as the lavender load-first post sets out.
Two results send you elsewhere in this cluster. Both pairs hot, with a full pool very early: the jar may not need two wicks at this fill, and the one-hour step-down puts a single wick back in the test. Both pairs ringing at right angles to the wick line: read the shape before buying bigger (4262). The overall single-or-pair starter for this jar is in the 10–12 cm hub, and if your jar is 11 cm, three wicks enter the comparison in the 11 cm post.
What to buy, and what to skip
Five items, in the order round 1 needs them, chosen on page statements, price and stock on 29 September 2026. CSI publishes no wick-performance data, so nothing is ranked on burn results. Oil candles are counted at 40 g (500 g fill) and 12 g (150 g).
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wick · arm 1, the lower pair
Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1), 20-pack
Arm 1 is two of these. The page describes wicks of "natural fibers like cotton and paper" and states no length, width or jar range in the text we captured, so the C1 is a rung, not a "10 cm wick". The 10-wick pack is out of stock on 29 September 2026; the 20-pack covers round 1 (6 wicks), a three-candle round 2 and leaves 8. Price per wick is flat at ₹5.90 in every pack, so a bigger pack saves nothing.
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) / 10 | ₹59.00 — Out of stock | ₹5.90 | Out of stock on 29 September 2026 |
| Thin (C1) / 20 | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | round 1 (6), round 2 if needed, 8 spare |
| Thin (C1) / 50 | ₹295.00 | ₹5.90 | the same per wick; production only after full life |
| Thin (C1) / 100 · 500 · 1000 | ₹590.00 · ₹2,950.00 · ₹5,900.00 | ₹5.90 | production |
A C1 pair: ₹11.80 a candle. Buy C1 20 — ₹118.00
2
wick · arm 2, the upper pair
Eco Candle Wicks — Thick (C2), 20-pack
Arm 2 is two of these. The 200 ml Salsa jar pages say "Pairs well with C2 Eco Wicks", which is one bracket rung for a single jar, not a rule for pairs. Every C2 pack is in stock on 29 September 2026, flat at ₹9.44 a wick. Argued against our own interest: if you are sure you will not need a round 2, the 10-pack (₹94.40) covers round 1 with four to spare; the 20-pack only earns its place if a split cell needs three more candles.
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thick (C2) / 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | round 1 only, four spare: no round 2 |
| Thick (C2) / 20 | ₹188.80 | ₹9.44 | round 1 and a three-candle round 2 |
| Thick (C2) / 50 · 100 | ₹472.00 · ₹944.00 | ₹9.44 | production, after full life |
| Thick (C2) / 500 · 1000 | ₹4,720.00 · ₹9,440.00 | ₹9.44 | production |
A C2 pair: ₹18.88 a candle, ₹7.08 more than C1. Buy C2 20 — ₹188.80
3
fragrance oil · spiced gourmand · the worked example
Pumpkin Spice
The worked example's oil at 8%. The page states "Recommended fragrance load is 6-10% for candles" and lists "Top Notes: Fresh Pumpkin, Ginger, Cinnamon Bark Middle Notes: Nutmeg, Clove, Allspice Base Notes: Vanilla Bean, Caramelized Sugar, Cedarwood". A vanilla-and-sugar base is the kind commonly linked to needing more wick (a tendency, not CSI data), one reason both pair arms are in the test. No cure time or vanillin figure in the text we captured; "8-12% for wax melts" is a melt figure, not a candle load. 8% is inside both the page's range and CSI 464's "up to 10%". The 100 g and 500 g are both ₹5.90 a gram; the 1 kg is ₹0.59 a gram cheaper but 25 candles' worth before the wick is settled.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 500 g candles (10 cm) at 8% | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹106.20 | ₹7.08 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 g | ₹330.40 | ₹6.61 | 1 | 4 |
| 100 g | ₹590.00 | ₹5.90 | 2 | 8 |
| 500 g | ₹2,950.00 | ₹5.90 | 12 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,310.00 | ₹5.31 | 25 | 83 |
Round 1: 240 g = ₹1,416.00. Buy 500 g — ₹2,950.00
4
jar · CSI's 10 cm listing
Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid
The page lists "Diameter (outer rim): Approx. 10 cm", "Height (without lid): Approx. 10.8 cm", "Fill capacity: ~500 g - 700 g (2 sizes)", "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C", and calls itself "thick-walled". Outer figures: on our 0.35 cm wall the inside is 9.3 cm and the equivalent jar per wick is 6.58 cm; at a 0.5 cm wall it would be 6.36 cm. The 85°C wording is a pour limit, not a burn rating. Honest limit: one set of dimensions for two capacities; ask us before buying the 700 gm for a test.
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 gm | ₹212.40 | ₹212.40 | six round-1 jars at a 500 g fill |
| 700 gm | ₹250.00 | ₹250.00 | same stated outline as the 500 gm; ask before buying |
Six round-1 jars: ₹1,274.40. Buy 500 gm — ₹212.40
5
wax · the soy the worked example uses
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles
The page states "Fragrance Load Up to 10%" and "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C"; in the Apothecary jar, pour at 80–85°C, the jar's 85°C wording being the lower limit. If your wax is different, run both arms in your own wax: pair results do not transfer between waxes any more than single-wick results do. Argued against our own interest: the price is flat at ₹0.51 a gram from 1 kg to 10 kg, so three 1 kg bags (₹1,522.20) are the right buy for round 1.
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹0.52 per g | one candle, not six |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹0.51 per g | buy three: 2,760 g for round 1, 240 g left |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹0.51 per g | no cheaper per gram than 1 kg |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹0.51 per g | production, after full life |
Round 1: 2,760 g = ₹1,400.42. Buy 1 kg — ₹507.40
What not to buy yet: Cotton Braided Wicks as a pair (its page describes it for single wicks in candles "exceeding 8 cm"; two in a 10 cm jar is reading 1 in the chart table); Performance Wooden Wicks (₹590.00 for 10), one listing with no width to bracket; the Steel Wick Holder for this jar (page: "up to 9 cm wide"); Pumpkin Spice 1 kg before a pair has passed full life; and more oil to 10% (50 g a candle, ₹59.00 extra) to "help" the pair, which only adds a second variable.
Diwali is 8 November 2026, 40 days from 29 September 2026. Round 1 poured this week and cured about a week can be read by mid-October; a 500 g candle's full life takes many sessions after that, so either start now or plan the pair for Christmas, 25 December 2026. Send us your candle count for a quote on Eco C1 and C2, Apothecary jars, Pumpkin Spice and CSI 464 with a GST invoice and a dispatch date.
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The CSI principle
Translate the jar, then bracket the pair.
Each wick of a pair does the work of a single wick in a jar of D ÷ √2. Choose two pair arms one rung apart around that single, hold the load, and let three candles a cell and the full life decide. A chart row read at the jar's full width answers a different question.
"Two wicks in a 10 cm jar are not a 10 cm problem. They are two 7 cm problems that share a pool."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the wicks, oil, jar and wax named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page still tells you that the C2 10-pack is enough if you skip round 2, that the 1 kg oil can wait, and that your answer may sit between our two wick sizes.
Every price was verified on CSI's live store on 29 September 2026. Stock was checked per size: the Eco C1 10-pack and the 100-sticker sheet are out of stock on that date and are flagged wherever they appear; every other size shown is in stock. Wick, jar, load and temperature wording is quoted from the product pages; where a page is silent in the text we captured, we say so.
The equivalent-diameter translation and the ratios are declared geometry; the 0.35 cm wall, the 500 g fill, the starting spacing and the decision thresholds are our judgement or worked examples; melt-pool times, depths and flame heights are commonly cited rules of thumb, not CSI data; CSI publishes no wick chart and no wick-performance data. 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 choose wick size for a double-wick candle?
Treat each wick as a single wick in a smaller jar. Each serves half the pool, which is the area of a jar of diameter D ÷ √2: about 7.07 cm for a 10 cm inside. Bracket the pairs you would test around a single in that jar; with CSI wicks, two C1 against two C2.
Can I use a wick chart for a two-wick candle?
Only if you read the right row. Reading the jar's full diameter and using two of that wick roughly doubles the power each wick is sized for; halving the diameter roughly halves it. The equivalent-diameter row (D ÷ √2) matches the area each wick serves, and is still only a starting point.
What size wicks for a 10 cm candle with two wicks?
No single answer: wax, oil, load, fill and the inside diameter all change it. With CSI wicks, test two Eco C1 against two Eco C2 at the same spacing, three candles each, and carry the leader to about 1 cm left.
Should both wicks in a double-wick candle be the same size?
In a round jar, usually yes: the two halves are mirror images, so identical wicks keep the test to one variable. Mixed sizes add a variable and a mix-up risk in production.
Do I need bigger wicks at 8% fragrance than at 6%?
Not automatically. Higher loads and heavier oils commonly change how a wick burns, which is why you choose the arms at the load you will sell. Keep 8% fixed in every candle of the test.
How far apart should two wicks be in a 10 cm jar?
A common starting point is centre to centre equal to the inside radius: about 4.65 cm on a 9.3 cm inside, 5.0 cm on a 10 cm inside. Keep it identical across the test; adjust it later if the ring shape asks.
Before you pick from a chart
Translate 10 cm to 7.07 cm, then pour two C1 against two C2.
Measure the inside, set both wicks at the same spacing, hold 8%, and pour three candles a pair. Read them after burn 3 and carry the leader to about 1 cm left. Send us your inside diameter and fill on WhatsApp before you pour.
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Continue the read — 10–12 cm jars and multi-wick problems
- I’m Using a 10 cm Wide Jar and One Large Cotton Wick Overheats the Centre — Should I Test Two Smaller Wicks Instead?
- My 10 cm Jar with Two Wicks Still Leaves Wax Around the Perimeter — Should I Increase Wick Size or Change Their Spacing?
- My 10 cm Double-Wick Candle Reaches a Full Melt Pool Within One Hour — Are Both Wicks Probably Too Large?
- My 10 cm Jar Takes Four Hours to Melt Close to the Edge but Has Clean Flames — Should I Increase the Wick Size or Continue the Full-Life Burn Test?
- I’m Using a 10 cm Jar with 10% Vanilla Fragrance and Both Wicks Mushroom Heavily — Should I Reduce Wick Size, Fragrance Load or Both in Separate Tests?
- My 10 cm Lavender Candle Burns Cleanly but Has Weak Hot Throw — Should I Change Fragrance Concentration Before Increasing Wick Power?
- I’m Using an 11 cm Jar with Two Wicks and Getting an Uneven Melt Pool — Should I Try Three Smaller Wicks Rather than Two Larger Ones?
- I’m Using Three Wicks in a 12 cm Jar with 8% Oud Fragrance — Should All Three Wicks Always Be Identical Sizes?
- My Multi-Wick Candle Performs Perfectly for the First Half but Becomes Extremely Hot Near the Bottom — How Can I Optimise the Wick System Across the Entire Candle Life?
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: part of CSI's cluster on 10–12 cm jars and multi-wick problems (4261–4280). It owns the equivalent-diameter translation for choosing the first two wick sizes in a 10 cm double-wick candle: each wick serves half the pool, the area of a single jar of D ÷ √2; the two common single-wick-chart misreadings with declared ratios; why the equivalence is only a starting point; and a costed two-arm round 1 (2 × C1 against 2 × C2) with a labelled decision rule.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 — Eco Candle Wicks, Gilli Mitti (Patchouli), Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks for Jar / Container Candles. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the 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 — Renu, Subhankar Roy, Monika Deep, Thenirvaofficial, Jaya Sawlani, Sakshi Jain. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 29 September 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; Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 20 ₹188.80, 50 ₹472.00, 100 ₹944.00, 500 ₹4,720.00, 1,000 ₹9,440.00; Pumpkin Spice 15 g ₹106.20 (₹7.08/g), 50 g ₹330.40 (₹6.61/g), 100 g ₹590.00 (₹5.90/g), 500 g ₹2,950.00 (₹5.90/g), 1 kg ₹5,310.00 (₹5.31/g); Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid 500 gm ₹212.40, 700 gm ₹250.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Candle Wick Stickers 40 ₹100.00; Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made 10 ₹120.00; Performance Wooden Wicks 10 ₹590.00; Steel Wick Holder (Set of 5) ₹250.00. Every other size listed is in stock on 29 September 2026. Per unit = price ÷ grams or units, two decimals.
Non-price figures: load is a percentage of total candle weight (500 g at 8% = 40 g oil + 460 g wax; the standard 150 g candle at 8% = 12 g). The 500 g fill is a worked example within the Apothecary page's stated "~500 g - 700 g". The 0.35 cm wall is an assumption; pool area = π r² on the inside radius; the equivalent diameter D ÷ √2 is geometry; the halfway spacing (centre to centre = inside radius) is a labelled starting point. Ceilings are as the pages state (CSI 464 up to 10%, pour 80–90°C; Pumpkin Spice 6–10% for candles): formulation limits, not regulatory ones. Melt-pool times (about 3–4 hours; about an hour per 2.5 cm), depth (about 0.5–1 cm) and flame height (about 2.5–5 cm) are commonly cited rules of thumb. The decision rule is editorial judgement. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 and Christmas 25 December 2026 are calendar facts.