I Want to Turn a Successful Test Candle into a Repeatable Commercial Product — What Specifications Should I Lock for Wax, Fragrance Oil, Fragrance Load, Wick, Jar, Dye, Temperatures, Cure Time and Burn Performance Before Scaling?
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CSI 464 ₹507.40 per kg · page: pour 80–90°C Clear jar 150 g ₹94.40 each Chocolate Fudge ₹3.96/g · 100 g out of stock
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Write down everything that made it, and what each change will cost you in retesting.
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★★★★★
"One of the best wax for container Candles. Easy to work with, especially if you are a beginner."
ThenirvaofficialVerified buyer · Nov 2025
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★★★★★
"It mixes very well and give you various shades like light to dark depending upon the amount of dye you add."
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Candle Dye Liquid
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"Very good quality liquid dyes. Good vibrant colours in both luxury soy wax and coconut soy wax. I’m very happy with it."
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Candle Dye Liquid
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"Candles dyes are very good quality and I loved the way they work with all kinds of waxes. Very good"
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CSI Diagnostics · Specification
A good test candle drifts in production when what made it lives in your hands instead of on paper. Lock every field from the product page or your own dated test, attach the retest each change triggers, and prove the sheet by having it followed without you.
15 fields
on one sheet, each with its source and the retest a change triggers · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
What should I lock before scaling a test candle? Everything that made the test candle what it is: wax, oil (by product, not bottle size), load and its basis, wick, jar SKU with your measured diameters, dye and dose, the temperatures from the pages, stir, minimum cure, and the burn acceptance test the candle has to pass.Where do the numbers come from? Two places only: the product pages (CSI 464 pour 80–90°C and up to 10%; jar hot pour up to 85°C; oil 6–10%) and your own tests (the wick, the cure age, the dye dose, the internal diameters). Write which is which.
What happens when something changes? The sheet decides. A new lot of the same product gets an incoming check; a new load, wick, dye dose or jar batch gets a partial retest; a new wax, oil or jar SKU gets a full one.
How do I know the sheet is complete? The sheet test: someone pours two candles from the sheet alone, beside two you make your usual way. If they differ, something you do isn't written down. Worked example: ₹871.60 of materials.
The short answer
The sheet: wax, oil, load and basis, wick, jar and measured diameters, fill, dye and dose, temperatures, stir, minimum cure, burn acceptance, retained samples.
The sources: page wording where a page states a figure; your own measured result where it doesn't. Never a number from memory.
Change control: each field carries the retest its change triggers, from an incoming check to a full requalification.
The proof: the sheet test: candles poured from the sheet alone must match candles poured your way.
In this guide
- Straight answer: lock what made it, and what a change costs
- How a good test candle drifts in production
- The specification sheet
- Change control: which retests each change triggers
- The sheet test
- What not to buy while you lock it
- The materials named in the worked-example sheet
- Frequently asked questions
The worked-example candle as a schematic cross-section, with each specification field placed where it lives in the candle and marked with its change-control level: a filled circle means a change needs a full retest, a half circle a partial retest, and every field's new lot of the same product gets an incoming check. Page figures are quoted; the diameters, dye dose and cure age are yours to measure and fill in.
Container soy · page: pour 80–90°C, up to 10%
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464: a field whose change resets everything
150 g · ₹94.40 a jar · page: hot pour up to 85°C
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid: lock the SKU and your measured diameters
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Straight answer
I want to turn a successful test candle into a repeatable commercial product. What specifications should I lock for wax, fragrance oil, fragrance load, wick, jar, dye, temperatures, cure time and burn performance before scaling?
Lock every input and process step that made the test candle, in a form someone else could follow without asking you, and attach to each one the retest that a change would trigger. For the materials: the exact wax product; the fragrance oil by product name and lot rather than bottle size; the load as a percentage with its basis written out (CSI's convention is % of total candle weight, so 8% in a 150 g candle is 12 g of oil and 138 g of wax); the wick type and size that won your bracket, and how it is centred; the jar SKU with your own measured internal diameters and fill line, because listings rarely give internal figures; the dye by product, measured dose and lot. For the process: temperatures taken from the product pages (for Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 in the 150 g Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid, a pour of 80–85°C, because the wax page says 80–90°C and the jar page says up to 85°C), your add temperature and stir method, and the minimum cure age at which your throw test passed, since neither the CSI 464 page nor many oil pages state one. For performance: a burn acceptance test with pass lines for full-pool time, pool depth, flame, soot and jar temperature through a full burn-down. Then prove the sheet is complete by having candles poured from it alone and comparing them with candles you make your usual way. From that day, a change to any line goes through change control: an incoming check for a new lot, a partial retest for a new load, wick, dye dose or jar batch, and a full retest for a new wax, oil or jar SKU.
One line: write down everything that made it, from the page or your own test, and decide in advance what each change will cost you in retesting.
The worked-example sheet names four CSI products: Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (₹507.40 per kg), the Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) (₹94.40 a jar), Brown Candle Dye Chips (₹236.00) and Chocolate Fudge (₹3.96 per gram at 50 g, 500 g and 1000 g; the 100 g is out of stock on 26 September 2026).
Buy CSI 464 1 kg — ₹507.40
How a good test candle drifts in production
The test candle was right. The recipe you wrote down about it was incomplete.
In our judgement, much of the drift from a successful test candle is not a raw material going wrong. It is a detail that lived in the maker's hands and never reached the paper: the way the wick was centred, how long the oil was stirred, which of two identical-looking jars was used, what "8%" meant, how old the candle was when it was sniffed. At a few candles a week the maker supplies those details from memory. At production volume, or with a second person, they vary. The pattern table shows the usual suspects, most common first; the ranking is our judgement, not measured frequency.
Differential table · production candles don't match the test candle
Ranked most common first (judgement) · compare against a retained test candle at least as old as the production one
| # | Pattern | Unlocked field most likely responsible | Rules it in | Rules it out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scent weaker or sweating more than the test | Load basis: "8%" computed a different way | Your notes say "12 g per 150 g of wax" rather than "per 150 g candle" | Weighed oil and wax match the sheet |
| 2 | Burn differs: tunnelling or a hotter jar | Wick centring or a jar batch with a different internal diameter | Wick position or measured diameters differ from the test | Same measurements, still different |
| 3 | Weak throw in early sales, fine later | Minimum cure age not written | Complaints came from the youngest candles | Same cure age as the test |
| 4 | Rough tops or wet spots that the test didn't have | Pour temperature or cooling not written | Batch sheets show different readings or rooms | Same readings and room |
| 5 | Colour differs batch to batch | Dye dose written as "a few chips" | No weighed dose on the sheet | Weighed dose, still different (then check the dye lot) |
| 6 | Changes after a restock | A lot or a product substitution | New lot or a different size or listing from the test | Same lot as the test |
Row 1 deserves a number because it is the easiest to get wrong and the least visible. Adding 12 g of oil to 150 g of wax gives a 162 g candle at 7.41% of total weight, not 8%; the other way round, 8% of total weight is 8.70% of the wax weight. Neither is wrong as a method; what goes wrong is a sheet that says "8%" without saying which, read by two people two ways. The basis conversion is the load-basis hub. The documentation side for the fragrance itself, a formula card for blends, is the formula-documentation post; this page covers the whole candle.
The specification sheet
One page. Every line either quotes a product page or records your own test. Nothing from memory.
Below is the worked-example sheet for a 150 g Chocolate Fudge candle. The third column is the discipline that makes the sheet trustworthy: every value says where it came from. Where a CSI page states a figure, the sheet quotes it; where no page does (the add temperature, the cure age, the dye dose, the internal diameter), the sheet records the result of your own test and the date of that test. Tolerances are yours to set; the examples are judgement.
Specification sheet · worked example · 150 g Chocolate Fudge candle
Version 1 · date · signed · load is % of total candle weight · "your test" = a dated result from your own records
| Field | Locked value | Source | Tolerance (example) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wax | Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (flakes); lot recorded per bag | Product listing | No substitution |
| Fragrance oil | Chocolate Fudge Fragrance Oil (CSI listing name); any in-stock size; lot recorded; sealed retained sample per lot | Product listing | No substitution |
| Load and basis | 8% of total candle weight: 12 g oil + 138 g wax per 150 g candle | Your test, within both pages' 10% | Oil ±0.2 g per candle (or per batch equivalent) |
| Ceiling check | Oil page 6–10%; CSI 464 up to 10% → 10% governs (15 g per candle); cautious reading 9.09% of total | Both pages | Never exceeded |
| Wick | Eco C1 (the rung that won your bracket); centred with a device; wick lot recorded | Your bracket test, dated | Centred within a few mm at the set |
| Jar | Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram); internal diameter measured at top, middle and base; fill line marked | Listing + your measurements | Diameters within your limit, measured per carton |
| Fill | 150 g total to the marked line; headspace measured to the lid | Your test pour | ±2 g (example) |
| Dye | Brown Candle Dye Chips at your weighed dose per kg of wax; lot recorded | Your colour test | Weighed, not counted |
| Temperatures | Oil added at your recorded figure; pour 80–85°C | CSI 464 page: pour 80–90°C; jar page: up to 85°C | Read with a checked thermometer every batch |
| Stir | Your time and method | Your test (no CSI 464 figure) | Same tool, same time |
| Cooling | Room and spacing you used for the test | Your test | No draughts; same room |
| Minimum cure | The age at which your throw test passed | Your test (neither page states a cure) | No sale before it |
| Burn acceptance | Full pool within your target; pool depth; flame; no soot; jar temperature by non-contact thermometer through the final third; burn-down to about 1 cm | Your pass lines, dated | Every QC candle passes |
| Retained samples | One candle per batch; sealed oil sample per lot | Your procedure | Kept for your shelf-life of stock |
| Care line | Your wording, including trimming (the Candle Wick Trimmer page says "Trim your wick to 1/4 inch before every burn") | Your label | Same on every unit |
Three fields repay a closer look. The jar is a SKU plus measurements. The listing gives an outer diameter of 7 cm and a base of about 6.5 cm; your wick was chosen for the inside. A difference that looks small matters: at an internal diameter of 7.0 cm the pool's surface is 38.48 cm², at 6.6 cm it is 34.21 cm², so the wider jar has 12.5% more pool to fill with the same wick (worked example; measure your own). How much a few millimetres can change is the few-millimetres post, and what must match when you switch jar supplier is the jar-switch measurements post. The oil is a product and a lot, not a bottle. Chocolate Fudge's 100 g is out of stock on 26 September 2026; a sheet that specified "100 g bottle" would already be unbuyable, while one that names the oil and records the lot can be filled from the 50 g, 500 g or 1000 g at the same ₹3.96 per gram. The cure is your number. Chocolate Fudge's page and CSI 464's page state no cure time in the text we captured; the 25 oil pages that do state one say 48–72 hours for soy, and many makers judge throw at day 7 or later. Your minimum is the age at which your candle passed, not a figure borrowed from another oil.
Version the sheet
Put a version number and a date at the top, and never edit a line in place: a change creates version 2, with a note of what changed and which retest cleared it. Batch sheets then record which version they were made to. When a complaint arrives, "made to version 1 or 2?" is often the first useful question. The batch sheet that sits beside this spec is the batch-sheet post.Change control: which retests each change triggers
Every line on the sheet has a price tag: the retest you'll owe if you change it.
The second half of the specification is the rule for changing it. Decide it now, while nothing is urgent, so that a supplier stock-out or a cheaper jar in six months does not become a quick substitution nobody tested. The table sets the minimum retest for each kind of change; the scope is our judgement, built on how the fields interact.
Change control · minimum retest per change
Incoming check = one candle from the new lot beside a retained candle · partial = the tests listed · full = bracket, burn-down, throw, sweat and colour
| Change | Level | Minimum retest | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| New lot of the same wax, oil, wick or dye | Incoming | One test candle against a retained candle; smell strip for oil; colour swatch for dye | Same product, possible lot difference |
| Different bottle or bag size, same product | Incoming | Lot check only | Size doesn't change the material |
| New jar batch, same SKU | Partial if measurements differ | Measure internal diameters; outside your limit → one-step wick check and a burn-down | Glass varies between batches |
| Load, within both ceilings | Partial | Throw at the cure minimum, wick check one step either side, sweat cycling, burn-down | Load moves the wick and the sweat margin |
| Dye dose or colour | Partial | Colour swatch, one burn-down | Heavy dye can affect the burn (tendency) |
| Stir method or equipment (e.g. a melter) | Partial | First, middle and last candles compared blind | Mixing reach changes with scale |
| Minimum cure shortened | Partial | Throw retest at the new age | The spec's throw pass was at the old age |
| Wick size or type | Full | Burn-down with final third, soot, throw at 1 h and 3 h | Everything in the burn follows the wick |
| Fragrance oil product or supplier | Full | Colour, sweat, wick bracket, throw, burn-down | Similar smell ≠ similar burn |
| Wax product | Full | Everything, including temperatures and cure | New ceiling, temperatures, wick draw, adhesion |
| Jar SKU | Full | Fill weight, wick bracket, final-third heat, lid fit | New geometry and glass |
| Temperature outside the pages' window | Not allowed | — | Beyond the stated figures |
Four of the full-retest rows have their own posts in this series and the sibling ones: a wax change is the wax-change interaction map; an oil from a new supplier that smells the same is the equal-smell, unequal-burn post and, on the formulation side, the minimum retest set for a new composition; a jar SKU change is the jar-change retest post. Two rows are commonly underestimated. A shorter cure looks like a scheduling change, not a formula change, but the throw pass on your sheet was earned at the old age. A melter or a new stirring method changes nothing on the ingredient list and can still change every candle it makes; the scale-side controls are the control plan by scale.
Mistake: treating a supplier's "same product" as a lot change when it is a product change. What it does: a substitute oil or wax gets an incoming check instead of a full retest, and the first sign of a difference is a customer. Fix: the sheet names the exact listing. Anything sold under a different listing name, from us or anyone else, is a product change and gets the full retest.
The sheet test
If the candle needs you to make it, the specification isn't finished.
The last test before you call the sheet locked checks the sheet, not the candle. Someone who was not part of the development, or you working strictly from the paper with no memory allowed, pours two candles from the sheet alone. You pour two the way you normally do, from the same materials on the same day. All four are compared with a retained test candle that is at least as old. Worked example: 48 g of Chocolate Fudge and 552 g of CSI 464 across the four.
1
Hand over the sheet and nothing elseNo verbal tips, no demonstration. If the reader asks a question, write the question down; every question is a missing line.
2
Pour side by sideSheet candles S1 and S2 and your candles Y1 and Y2 from the same wax bag, oil bottle, dye and jar carton, on the same day. Each records their own readings on a batch sheet.
3
Compare the batch sheets before anything curesDifferent stir time, different add temperature, different wick centring, a different reading of "8%"? That's the answer already, and it's free.
4
Cure to the sheet's minimumAll four on the same shelf, beside the retained candle.
5
Score against the acceptance testColour against the retained candle, blind throw, then burn: pool, depth, flame, soot, jar temperature with a non-contact thermometer, never by touch.
6
Lock or amendApply the rule below, amend the sheet if needed, raise the version, and repeat only the part that failed.
Decision rule · the sheet test
"Match" = within the spread you see between Y1 and Y2 (judgement)
| Sheet candles (S) | Your candles (Y) | Meaning | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match the retained candle | Match the retained candle | The sheet is complete | Lock version 1 |
| Differ | Match | Something you do isn't written | Find it in the batch-sheet comparison; add the line; repeat S |
| Match | Differ | You have drifted from your own recipe | Follow the sheet; check your habits |
| Differ | Differ, the same way | Materials or conditions changed since the test | Lot check against retained samples; room and season |
The four candles cost ₹871.60 in materials at ₹217.90 each (₹47.58 of oil at the 50 g price, ₹70.02 of wax, ₹94.40 for the jar and ₹5.90 for the wick; the dye is left out because the listing states no pack weight), excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST. A 50 g bottle leaves 2 g. It is one of the cheapest tests in the scale-up, and the one that tests your paperwork.
What not to buy while you lock it
A locked spec is a reason to buy less variety, not more.
What not to buy: a second, "backup" wax, oil or jar to have on hand in case of stock-outs, unless you are prepared to put it through the full retest now; an untested backup is a substitution waiting to happen. Bulk stock before the sheet test; a spec that changes after the test changes what you should have bought, and the gate for a big order is the pre-bulk gate. A different dye because the listing text says black; ask what ships first. A bigger bottle "for consistency"; size is not a spec field, and for Chocolate Fudge the 50 g, 500 g and 1000 g cost the same per gram. Spare wick sizes; the sheet names one wick, and a second is a second product.
We sell the materials on this sheet, and a locked spec means you will buy the same four things from us repeatedly, which suits us. It also means you should hold us to the same standard as anyone else: if a delivery doesn't match the sheet, the sheet says run the check before production, and tell us.
This page is for you if: your test candle is good and you want every future candle to match it. It isn't the step for: deciding how much to order and when (that's 3299), or planning the controls for 1,000-unit runs (3298). If your candle isn't yet good, go back to the one-variable test planner.
The materials named in the worked-example sheet
Four items: the wax, the jar, the dye and the oil the sheet names. Chosen on page statements, price and stock on 26 September 2026; CSI publishes no burn, throw or colour-stability data, so nothing is ranked on performance. The wick in the example is an Eco C1 (₹5.90 a wick), standing in for whichever rung won your bracket.
1
wax · a field whose change resets everything
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles
The worked example's wax, and one of the spec fields whose change triggers a full retest. What the page gives you to lock: "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C", "Fragrance Load Up to 10%" (basis not stated, so read cautiously as 9.09% of total weight), "Low frosting, minimal blooming", "excellent glass adhesion" and "Shelf Life 60 months (cool, dry storage)". It states no add temperature and no cure time in the text we captured, so those two spec lines come from your own tests. Argued against our own interest: bag size is not a specification. CSI 464 is ₹0.51 per gram at 1, 5 and 10 kg, so the sheet should name the wax and record the lot, and let you buy whichever size suits the run.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What the spec says about it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹0.52 per g | an incoming-lot test pour |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹0.51 per g | the sheet test with wax to spare |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹0.51 per g | same per gram; size is not a spec field |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹0.51 per g | production; record each bag's lot |
Wax per candle: 138 g, ₹70.02 at the 1 kg price. Buy 1 kg — ₹507.40
2
jar · a SKU plus your measurements
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
The worked example's jar. The page states a "150g fill capacity", a height of 8 cm, an outer diameter of 7 cm, a base of about 6.5 cm and "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C"; it states no internal diameter, and its own copy describes the shape both as a "curved silhouette" and as "straight-sided", which is exactly why the spec records your measured internal diameters at the top, middle and base, not the listing's words. Flat ₹94.40 a jar at both pack sizes; in stock on 26 September 2026. Honest note: if a delivery measures differently from the spec, the sheet tells you to run a bracket check before production, whoever supplied the jar, including us.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What the spec says about it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹944.00 | ₹94.40 | measure a few from every carton |
| Pack of 20 | ₹1,888.00 | ₹94.40 | the same jar and price per jar |
Four jars for the sheet test: ₹377.60. Buy 10 — ₹944.00
3
dye · locked by measured amount and lot
Brown Candle Dye Chips
Brown suits a chocolate candle, and a darker wax is one of the options the Chocolate Fudge page itself suggests for browning: "Plan for it by using naturally warm-toned or ivory wax, opaque vessels, or dark-coloured wax". The listing states no dosage and no pack weight in the text we captured, so the spec records the dye as your measured grams per kilogram of wax, with the lot. Argued against our own interest: the Brown listing's description is a copy of the Black Dye Chips text ("Intensify your candle creations with our Black Candle Dye Chips"), so confirm the colour and pack weight on WhatsApp before you lock a dye you haven't seen, and don't buy several packs until your first one matches the sample. Dye is one of the fields whose change needs a partial retest: heavy dye can affect the burn, as a tendency.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What the spec says about it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single listing | ₹236.00 | pack weight not stated | confirm colour and weight before locking |
₹236.00 a listing; the per-candle cost depends on your dose. Buy — ₹236.00
4
fragrance oil · gourmand · the worked-example oil
Chocolate Fudge Fragrance Oil
The page describes "rich cocoa and sweet caramel top notes, creamy chocolate and toasted nuts middle notes, and vanilla bean and warm brown sugar base", states "Recommended fragrance load 6-10% for candles" and, in its FAQ, that "Chocolate and vanilla fragrance oils typically contain vanillin, which can cause yellowing or browning in light-coloured wax over time". It states no cure time in the text we captured. Two ceilings: 10% on this page and on CSI 464, so 10% governs; the spec sits at 8%. Why the spec names the oil, not the bottle: the 100 g is out of stock on 26 September 2026, and the 50 g, 500 g and 1000 g are all ₹3.96 per gram, so bottle size changes neither the oil nor its cost (only the 15 g is dearer, by ₹2.25 a gram). A spec that said "100 g bottle" would already be unbuyable.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹93.22 | ₹6.21 | 1 |
| 50 g | ₹198.24 | ₹3.96 | 4 |
| 100 g | ₹396.48 — Out of stock | ₹3.96 | Out of stock on 26 September 2026 |
| 500 g | ₹1,982.40 | ₹3.96 | 41 |
| 1000 g | ₹3,964.80 | ₹3.96 | 83 |
Oil per candle: 12 g, ₹47.58 at the 50 g price. Buy 500 g — ₹1,982.40
Diwali is 8 November 2026, 43 days from 26 September 2026. Lock the sheet and run the sheet test before the Diwali pours begin, so every Diwali candle is made to version 1. Send us the sheet on WhatsApp and we will confirm the listing names, lot numbers and which sizes we expect to keep in stock, with a GST invoice and a dispatch date.
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The CSI principle
If it isn't on the sheet, it isn't in the product.
Lock every input and step from the page or from your own dated test, attach the retest each change triggers, and prove the sheet by having it followed without you.
"A good test candle is a result. A specification is how you get the same result a thousand times."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia, based in Pune, sells the wax, jar, dye, wick and oil named here and does not sell finished candles. This page still tells you that bag and bottle sizes are not specifications, that our Brown Dye Chips listing carries the Black chips' text, that our jar listing contradicts itself on shape, and that a delivery from us that doesn't match your sheet should be checked like anyone else's.
Every price and per-unit figure was verified on CSI's live store on 26 September 2026; stock is checked per size and the out-of-stock Chocolate Fudge 100 g is flagged. Ceiling, temperature, jar and vanillin wording is quoted from the product pages; where a page is silent in the text we captured (the cure time on the oil and wax pages, the jar's internal diameter, the dye's pack weight and dose), we say so.
The sheet layout, tolerances, change-control levels, pool-area example and decision rules are editorial judgement and worked examples, not CSI data. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, lot numbers, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
What should a candle product specification include?
Wax, fragrance oil and lot, load with its basis, wick and centring, jar SKU with measured internal diameters and fill line, dye and weighed dose, temperatures, stir, minimum cure, burn acceptance and retained samples, each with its source: a product page or your own dated test.
How do I make my candles consistent when scaling up?
Write a specification complete enough that someone else can follow it, prove it by having them pour two candles from it beside two of yours, and put every later change through a set retest before it reaches production.
Do I need to retest if I change fragrance oil supplier?
Yes, fully: colour, sweating, a wick bracket, throw at your minimum cure and a burn-down. An oil that smells the same can burn differently. A new lot of the same listing needs only an incoming check against a retained candle.
Should the fragrance load be written as a percentage of wax or total weight?
Either can work, but write which one. CSI's convention is % of total candle weight: 8% of a 150 g candle is 12 g of oil and 138 g of wax. Adding 12 g to 150 g of wax gives 7.41% of total instead.
What cure time should I put on my candle specification?
The cure age at which your own throw test passed. CSI 464's page and Chocolate Fudge's page state no cure time; oil pages that do mostly say 48–72 hours for soy, and many makers judge throw at day 7 or later.
Do I need to retest my wick if my jar supplier changes?
A new jar SKU needs a full retest: fill weight, wick bracket and final-third heat. A new batch of the same jar needs its internal diameters measured, and a wick check only if they fall outside the limit on your sheet.
Before you scale the test candle
Lock the sheet, attach the retests, and prove it with four candles: ₹871.60 of materials.
Write every field from the product page or your own dated test, record lots, measure the jar's inside, weigh the dye, set the minimum cure and the burn acceptance test, and decide now what each change will trigger. Then have the sheet followed without you. Send it to us on WhatsApp and we will confirm listing names, lots and stock.
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Continue the read — candles with more than one problem
- My Soy Candle Has Weak Hot Throw, a Small Flame and Leftover Wax Around the Jar — Which Problem Should I Troubleshoot First so I Don’t Change Several Variables at Once?
- I’m About to Place a Large Raw-Material Order but My Candle Still Has Occasional Burn and Fragrance Problems — Which Tests Should Pass Consistently Before I Commit to Bulk Wax, Fragrance and Wicks?
- My Candle Formula Works at 100-unit Scale but Quality Becomes Inconsistent at 1,000 Units — Which Raw-Material and Process Controls Become Important as Production Scales?
- I Changed My Wax to Fix Rough Tops but Now My Hot Throw and Wick Performance Are Different — Why Can Changing One Raw Material Force Me to Retest the Entire Candle?
- I Changed My Fragrance Oil Supplier and the Scent Smells Almost Identical but My Wick Now Mushrooms — Why Can Apparently Similar Fragrance Oils Burn Differently?
- I Want to Fix My Candle Without Wasting Dozens of Test Batches — How Do I Troubleshoot One Variable at a Time Across Wax, Wick, Fragrance Load and Temperature?
- How Do I Create a Candle Batch Sheet That Records Wax Lot, Fragrance Lot, Wick Lot, Temperatures and Timings so I Can Trace Future Failures?
- My New Candle Jars Are Only a Few Millimetres Wider than the Old Batch — Can That Difference Be Enough to Change Melt-Pool Performance?
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About this guide: part of CSI's multi-problem diagnostic cluster (3281–3300). It owns the product specification sheet (wax, oil and lot, load and basis, wick, jar SKU and measured diameters, dye, temperatures from the pages, minimum cure, burn acceptance) with change control, and the sheet test. The pre-order gate is 3299; fragrance formula documentation is 3180.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 — Candle Dye Liquid, Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), Eco Soy CSI 400, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the diagnostic 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 — Soumili Gope, Thenirvaofficial, Antara Srinivas Iyer, Antara Srinivas Iyer, Arminder Kaur. 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 26 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) Pack of 10 ₹944.00, Pack of 20 ₹1,888.00; Brown Candle Dye Chips ₹236.00; Chocolate Fudge Fragrance Oil 15 g ₹93.22 (₹6.21/g), 50 g ₹198.24 (₹3.96/g), 100 g ₹396.48 out of stock, 500 g ₹1,982.40 (₹3.96/g), 1000 g ₹3,964.80 (₹3.96/g); Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00; Candle Wick Trimmer ₹588.82. Other sizes in stock on 26 September 2026. Per gram = price ÷ grams; per jar or wick = pack price ÷ units; two decimals.
Non-price figures: load is a percentage of total candle weight (150 g at 8% = 12 g oil + 138 g wax). Page wording quoted: CSI 464 pour 80–90°C, up to 10%, "Low frosting, minimal blooming", "excellent glass adhesion", shelf life 60 months, no cure stated; jar 150 g fill, height 8 cm, outer diameter 7 cm, base about 6.5 cm, hot pour up to 85°C, no internal diameter; Chocolate Fudge 6–10% for candles, vanillin and browning wording from its FAQ, no cure stated; Brown Dye Chips description reproduces the Black chips text, no dose or weight stated; wick trimmer "1/4 inch before every burn". Ceilings are formulation limits, not regulatory limits. "25 of 102 oil pages state a cure time" is from CSI's captured page text. The pool-area comparison, tolerances, change-control levels and decision rules are worked examples or editorial judgement. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.