I'm Making 1,000 Jar Candles for a Corporate Order — How Much Extra Wax Should I Prepare Beyond the Exact Calculated Fill Weight?

I'm Making 1,000 Jar Candles for a Corporate Order — How Much Extra Wax Should I Prepare Beyond the Exact Calculated Fill Weight?

 

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The exact fill weight is the weight of a thousand perfect candles. A corporate order needs a thousand delivered ones. Here is the buffer, slice by slice, and why the insurance should stay sealed and unscented.
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extra blend to melt beyond the exact fill weight for 1,000 corporate candles, plus one sealed 10 kg wax bag (worked example) · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
How much extra wax for 1,000 corporate candles? Worked example, 150 g at 8%: the exact fill needs 138 kg of wax. Melt about 6.7% more blend (a working buffer of 10 kg: 147.2 kg of wax and 12.8 kg of oil), and keep one further 10 kg bag of wax sealed and unscented as insurance.

What is the buffer for? Four corporate-specific jobs: client approval samples, production rejects and test candles, replacement units for breakage or complaints after delivery, and melter residue.

What does it cost? The working buffer is ₹11,899.12 in wax, oil, jars and wicks (₹11.90 per candle); the sealed reserve is ₹10,100.80, and it is still usable stock if you never open it.

Too much or too little: which is worse? Too little. Surplus unscented wax waits for the next order; a shortfall of 30 candles at the end of a corporate order holds up the delivery and, in our worked example, ₹13,500.00 of invoice.
The short answer
The rule: size the buffer in candles (samples, rejects, test candles, replacements), add residue per melt, and keep any extra insurance as sealed, unscented wax rather than as melted blend.
The numbers: 1,040 jars poured in 20 melts + 4 kg residue = 160 kg of blend: 147.2 kg of wax (6.7% over the exact 138 kg) and 12.8 kg of oil. Plus 10 kg of wax sealed: 15.9% more wax on hand than exact.
The order: 16 × 10 kg CSI 464 (₹81,184.00), 14 × 1 kg Sandalwood (₹70,375.20), 1,040 jars (₹73,632.00), 1,050 wicks (₹9,912.00): ₹235,103.20 including the sealed reserve.
The judgement: 2% rejects, one test candle per two melts, 1% replacement units and 200 g residue per melt are our planning figures, not data. Plug in your own records and your courier experience.
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In this guide
1,000 corporate candles: where each slice of buffer gets used Worked schedule, drawn to scale in days from 26 September 2026. The 15 December 2026 delivery date is illustrative. samples client tests in transit cure pack day 0 day 10 day 20 day 30 day 40 day 50 day 60 day 70 day 80 day 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 26 Sep · Brief in; sample materials ordered 2 3 Oct · 10 client samples poured BUFFER: samples, 1.5 kg from small packs 3 17 Oct · Client approves a scent golden sample sealed 4 20 Oct · Bulk order placed with the sealed reserve bag and bottle 5 3 Nov · Materials in hand worked example: confirm dispatch 6 8 Nov · Diwali calendar fact 7 10-12 Nov · 20 melts pour 1,040 jars BUFFER: rejects, test candles, residue 8 26 Nov · Cure ends spot-weigh; burn a test candle 9 5 Dec · Packed BUFFER: 10 replacement units boxed 10 15 Dec · Delivered to the client replacements travel or wait 11 25 Dec · Christmas calendar fact Shaded bands are phases; numbered dots are dates. The sealed reserve (one 10 kg wax bag, one 1 kg oil) is bought with the bulk order and opened only if rejects run high, the client adds units, or a carton breaks after delivery. Dates are calendar facts; the schedule is a worked example, not a delivery promise. CSI dispatches from Pune; delivery times are not published, so confirm them on WhatsApp.
A corporate order runs for weeks, and the buffer is not spent at once. Sample candles are used before the client approves anything; rejects, test candles and residue are used in the three production days; replacement units are set aside at packing and used, if at all, after delivery. The sealed reserve bag is bought with the bulk order and opened only if something goes wrong. Dates are drawn to scale from 26 September 2026; the delivery date is a worked example.
16 × 10 kg: 15 to melt, 1 sealed · ₹0.51 per gram
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464: ₹81,184.00 for the order and its reserve
14 × 1 kg · flat ₹5.03 per gram from 100 g
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil: the costing example, every size in stock
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Straight answer
I'm making 1,000 jar candles for a corporate order. How much extra wax should I prepare beyond the exact calculated fill weight?
In our worked example, about 6.7% extra blend to melt, plus one sealed bag in reserve. Start from the exact figure: 1,000 candles of 150 g at 8% contain 138 kg of wax and 12 kg of oil. A corporate order then needs buffer for four jobs the exact figure ignores: client approval samples (10 candles, poured before the bulk order), production rejects and test candles (20 rejects, 10 test candles), replacement units held back for breakage or complaints after delivery (10), and melter residue (200 g per melt over 20 melts). That is 1,040 jars poured plus 4 kg of residue, 160 kg of blend: 147.2 kg of wax and 12.8 kg of oil, 6.7% more wax than exact. Then buy one more 10 kg bag of CSI 464 and keep it sealed and unscented, with a sealed 1 kg of oil: insurance for rejects running high or late additions, which costs ₹10,100.80 and remains stock if unused. The rates are our judgement, not data; replace them with your own after the first melts. What you should not do is melt the insurance "to be safe": scented surplus has no second use.
One line: melt about 7% more blend than the exact fill weight, and hold a further 10 kg of wax sealed; unscented surplus is stock, scented surplus is loss.
Sample first, then order the 160 kg. Ten client samples need about 2 kg of CSI 464, 100 g each of two candidate oils, a pack of 10 jars and 10 wicks: ₹2,773.00 with Sandalwood and Woody Oud as the example pair. Order the bulk only after the client signs off a scent.
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The exact figure, and why corporate orders need more than it

The exact fill weight is the weight of 1,000 perfect candles. A corporate order is not 1,000 perfect candles; it is 1,000 delivered ones.

The exact figure is simple. One finished candle, weighed in your jar at your fill line; in the series worked example the CSI 200 ml Matte jar holds about 150 g (how 200 ml becomes about 150 g). At 8%, 12 g of that is oil and 138 g is wax. Times 1,000: 138 kg of wax and 12 kg of oil, 150 kg of blend. At the listed prices the exact wax is ₹70,021.20 and the exact oil, with Sandalwood, ₹60,321.60.

Three things make a corporate order different from a retail run of the same size, and all three push the buffer up.

Retail run vs corporate order · 1,000 candles
What changes the buffer, and in which direction
Factor Retail run Corporate order Buffer effect
Who approves the scent You The client, from samples Sample candles before the bulk order
What "done" means Most candles sellable Exactly 1,000 delivered, by a date A shortfall is a missed delivery, not fewer sales
After delivery Individual returns over months A breakage report on one delivery Replacement units held ready
Batch consistency Small differences between batches tolerated 1,000 gifts compared side by side One wax lot, one oil lot, one jar batch where possible

The last row is why the buffer matters more than its size suggests. If you run out and reorder, the top-up comes from a different bag, a different oil bottle and possibly a different carton of jars; mass-produced glass varies between batches. Thirty candles that look slightly different from the other 970 in a boardroom are a problem a retail customer would never see.

Mistake: quoting the client on 1,000 candles and ordering materials for exactly 1,000. What happens: the first two rejects make it 998, the test candle you burn makes it 997, and the last melt is short. Fix: count every jar you will pour, not the candles on the purchase order.

Four slices of corporate buffer, sized

Size the buffer in candles first, then in kilograms. Candles are what the client counts.

Each slice below has one job and a size we would plan for a single-jar, single-scent corporate order of 1,000. The rates are our planning judgement, not industry data. The general loss categories and how they scale with melt size are broken down in I'm Making 500 Candles in the Same Glass Jar — How Do I Calculate Wax Requirement After Accounting for Fragrance Oil and Production Loss?; here we only size them for a corporate order.

Corporate buffer for 1,000 candles · worked example, our judgement
Four slices, when each is used, and what it adds
Slice Job Planned Blend Share of 150 kg Used
Client samples Two candidate scents, a revision, a golden sample each for you and the client 10 candles 1.5 kg (bought separately) 1% Before the bulk order
Rejects Chips found after pouring, spills, badly set wicks 20 candles (2% of units) 3 kg 2% During production
Test candles One pulled from every other melt, labelled and kept 10 candles 1.5 kg 1% During production
Replacement units Finished candles held for breakage or a complaint after delivery 10 candles (1%) 1.5 kg 1% After delivery, if at all
Residue Melter film and unused top-up, 200 g per melt 20 melts 4 kg 2.7% During production
Production total 1,040 jars poured + residue 10 kg 6.7%

Samples come before the buffer, not out of it

Client samples are poured weeks before you buy 160 kg, from small packs, and they decide which oil you buy fourteen kilograms of. Do not open a 10 kg bag for them. About 2 kg of wax in 1 kg bags, a 100 g bottle of each candidate oil, a pack of 10 jars and 10 wicks cover ten samples and leave room for a revision: ₹2,773.00 with Sandalwood and Woody Oud as the pair. Keep one approved candle sealed as the golden sample; every later melt is compared with it.

Replacement units are finished candles, not spare wax

If a carton arrives with two broken jars, the client wants two candles, not your promise to make them. So replacement units are poured in the same melts as the order, cured with it, and boxed with it or kept ready to send. We plan 10 as a worked example. We do not publish a breakage rate and we will not invent one: plug in your own courier experience, and read I Have a 1,000-Candle Corporate Order — How Much Additional Jar Inventory Should I Keep in Case Some Pieces Arrive Damaged? for how many extra jars to hold for a corporate order and What Percentage of Extra Candle Jars Should I Order for a Large Wedding, Diwali or Corporate Gifting Order? for extra-jar percentages by order type.

Buffer rates that should change
Raise rejects to 3–5% if this is your first run above 500, if several people are pouring, or if the jar is new to you. Raise replacements if the client ships to many addresses rather than one. Lower residue if you melt in large, weighed batches. Every one of these is your call; the table is a starting point.

Working buffer vs sealed reserve

Two kinds of extra: blend you plan to use, and wax you plan not to.

The working buffer is the 10 kg of blend above: it is scented, it is melted, and nearly all of it is used, because rejects, test candles, replacements and residue are all things that happen. It adds 6.7% to the wax you melt. The sealed reserve is different in kind. It is one 10 kg bag of CSI 464 and one 1 kg bottle of Sandalwood that you buy with the order and do not open unless something goes wrong: rejects run at 5% instead of 2%, a melt fails, the client adds 50 names in the last week, or a carton breaks after delivery and you have used your replacement units. That is another 7.2% of wax, which, with the 2.8 kg left in the fifteenth production bag, brings the wax on hand to 15.9% above the exact figure.

Two layers of buffer · 1,000 candles · worked example
Same order, very different risk if unused
Layer What it is Wax Oil Cost If never needed
Working buffer Melted, scented blend for 40 extra jars and residue 9.2 kg 800 g ₹8,689.52 in blend; ₹11,899.12 with jars and wicks Not applicable: it is used as it happens
Sealed reserve One 10 kg wax bag and one 1 kg oil bottle, unopened 10 kg 1 kg ₹10,100.80 Becomes stock for the next order

Why keep the reserve as wax and not as extra candles? Because unscented wax can become any candle, and a finished Sandalwood candle can only become a Sandalwood candle. If the reserve is never opened, the only cost is the cash tied up in one bag and one bottle until your next order.

Argued against our own interest: do not buy the whole buffer as scented oil "in case". The oil is the expensive part of the blend: at these prices a gram of Sandalwood costs about ten times a gram of CSI 464. A sealed 1 kg bottle is enough reserve for about 80 candles at 8%; buy more only if the client has already hinted at a second order in the same scent.

The cost of too much vs too little

Too much is a storage problem. Too little is a delivery problem. Price them differently.

The question behind "how much extra" is really which mistake you can afford. The two are not symmetrical, and the worked example below shows why. The ₹ figures use CSI prices on 26 September 2026; the invoice price is illustrative, so plug in your own.

Too much vs too little · 1,000 candles · worked example
What each mistake costs, and whether the money comes back
Scenario What happens Money Comes back?
Sealed reserve never opened One 10 kg bag and one 1 kg bottle go back on your shelf ₹10,100.80 tied up Yes: used on the next order
10 kg of extra blend melted "to be safe" Scented wax with no jars; testers and wax melts at best ₹8,689.52 Mostly no
30 candles short at the end Reorder wax, oil and jars; wait for delivery; pour, cure, pack; deliver late or short ₹6,317.48 in materials, plus freight and time The materials yes; the delivery date no
30 short, delivery held Worked example: suppose you invoice ₹450.00 per candle and the client pays on complete delivery ₹13,500.00 of invoice waiting Only when you deliver
Client adds 50 names With the reserve: pour from the same lot. Without: a new batch, and a visible difference ₹10,529.14 in materials for 50 Yes, if invoiced

Two conclusions. First, the best-value insurance is unscented, because it keeps its value: the reserve bag costs ₹5,074.00 and is spent eventually either way. Second, the costly failure is running short, and most of that cost is time. A top-up order costs the same per gram as the original at CSI (CSI 464 is flat from 1 kg; Sandalwood is flat from 100 g), so you do not lose on price; you lose the days between noticing and delivering, and the batch match. Delivery times are not published; confirm them on WhatsApp before you promise a client a date.

A shortfall you can see coming
If rejects in the first four melts run above your plan, recalculate at once: at 50 rejects out of 1,040 poured (4.8%), you will end 30 short. Open the reserve bag then, while the oil and jars are from the same lot, not on the last day.

The 1,000-candle order, costed

Everything for 1,000 delivered candles of 150 g at 8% in the Matte 200 ml jar, with the working buffer and the sealed reserve. Prices are CSI live pricing on 26 September 2026; quantities are our worked example; costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST.

Bill of materials · 1,000 corporate candles · worked example
Production ₹225,002.40 (₹225.00 per candle); with the sealed reserve ₹235,103.20
Item Needed Buy Price
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 147.2 kg melted 15 × 10 kg ₹76,110.00
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil 12.8 kg 13 × 1 kg ₹65,348.40
Matte 200 ml jars 1,040 poured 104 packs of 10 ₹73,632.00
Eco C2 wicks (or your bracket winner) 1,040 + re-wicks Thick (C2) / 1000 + Thick (C2) / 50 ₹9,912.00
Production total 1,000 delivered ₹225,002.40
Sealed reserve unopened unless needed 1 × 10 kg CSI 464 + 1 × 1 kg Sandalwood ₹10,100.80
Order total 16 bags of wax, 14 bottles of oil ₹235,103.20

One candle at exact grams is ₹210.58; the production bill works out at ₹225.00 per delivered candle because the thousand carry the forty extra jars, the residue and the 2.8 kg of wax left in the fifteenth bag. If the client wants lids, the Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) at ₹94.40 per jar makes the 1,040 jars ₹98,176.00, ₹24,544.00 more, and needs its own weighed fill weight first. Shipping cartons such as the Corrugated 3 ply box 7 x 5 x 4 Inch (Pack of 50) at ₹1,336.00 are a packaging line, not a buffer line; plan them per delivery address.

Corporate gifting for Christmas, 25 December 2026, or a mid-December delivery? That is 90 days from 26 September 2026, with Diwali (8 November 2026) in the middle of your material deliveries. Order samples this week and the bulk by 20 October in our worked schedule. Send us the order size, scent and delivery date, and we will confirm stock, a dispatch date from Pune and a GST invoice.
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What to buy: wax, oil, jars, wicks

Five products the order depends on, chosen on what their pages state, price and stock on 26 September 2026. The oil is a costing example; the second jar is the lidded alternative.

1
wax · the order and the reserve
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". For a corporate buffer the useful facts are two. It is priced flat at ₹0.51 per gram from 1 kg to 10 kg, so the reserve bag costs exactly its share and nothing more. And it is unscented until you scent it: a sealed bag held back is still general stock after the order, which is the whole basis of keeping the buffer as wax rather than as blend. Limitation: 10 kg is the largest listed bag; at 160 kg, ask on WhatsApp whether a larger-quantity quote applies.
Size Price Per gram Role in this order
500 g ₹260.00 ₹0.52 not for this order
1 kg ₹507.40 ₹0.51 client samples (two bags)
5 kg ₹2,537.00 ₹0.51 topping up a short final melt
10 kg ₹5,074.00 ₹0.51 15 for production, 1 sealed as reserve
16 × 10 kg (production + reserve): ₹81,184.00. Buy 10 kg — ₹5,074.00
2
fragrance oil · woody · the costing example
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
A common corporate-gifting profile and our costing example. The page describes a "warm, creamy, luxurious single-note sandalwood" with a "smooth woody aroma and subtle earthy undertone", and states "Recommended load up to 10% for soy, up to 6% for paraffin". Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026. Pricing is flat at ₹5.03 per gram from 100 g to 1 kg, so buying the reserve kilogram carries no bulk saving and no penalty. Limitation: at 14 kg you are ordering fourteen 1 kg bottles; ask whether they can come from one lot, and blend bottles before the first melt if they differ.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8%
15 gm ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1
50 gm ₹271.40 ₹5.43 4
100 gm ₹502.68 ₹5.03 8
500 gm ₹2,513.40 ₹5.03 41
1 kg ₹5,026.80 ₹5.03 83
13 kg for production (₹65,348.40) + 1 kg sealed. Buy 1 kg — ₹5,026.80
3
jar · the worked-example jar
White Matte Glass Jar (and its in-stock 8 × 7 cm sisters)
The page states "a fill weight of 200 ml" and "Height 8 cm width 7 cm"; not brim or fill line, not inside diameter, and no lid. 150 g is the series worked example until you weigh. For a corporate order, one colour across 1,040 jars matters more than any single jar: all 8 × 7 cm colours are the same price, Pink Matte, Frosted Brown and Orange Frosted are out of stock on 26 September 2026, and some sister pages carry copied colour text, so confirm the colour on WhatsApp before a 104-pack order. Limitation: no pack discount and no numeric heat rating on the page.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
Pack of 5 ₹354.00 ₹70.80 part of the sample set
Pack of 10 ₹708.00 ₹70.80 104 packs for 1,040 poured jars
1,040 jars: ₹73,632.00. Buy a pack of 10 — ₹708.00
4
jar · lidded alternative for gifting
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
If the client wants a lid, this is the lidded option in the same height class. The page states "150g fill capacity", "Height 8cm, outer diameter 7cm", a golden metal lid, and "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C", one of the few CSI jars with a numeric figure; with CSI 464 (80°C – 90°C) that means pouring at 80°C – 85°C, the lower limit governing. "150g fill capacity" does not say wax or water, so weigh your own fill before you size the buffer. Limitation: ₹24,544.00 more than Matte across 1,040 jars; the page's own data mixes "curved" and "straight-sided" descriptions, so confirm the shape on WhatsApp.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
Pack of 10 ₹944.00 ₹94.40 the lidded sample set
Pack of 20 ₹1,888.00 ₹94.40 52 packs for 1,040 poured jars
1,040 jars: ₹98,176.00. Buy a pack of 20 — ₹1,888.00
5
wick · one per poured jar, plus re-wicks
Eco Candle Wicks — Thick (C2) and Thin (C1)
The buffer counts jars, so the wicks count jars too: 1,040 poured, plus a few for re-wicks. C2 is the costing example as the thicker rung of a C1/C2 bracket in a jar about 7 cm wide; use your bracket winner, since no CSI listing states an inside diameter (the diameter-and-wick hub). Per-wick price is the same at every pack size. Limitation: two sizes only.
Pack Price Per wick What it covers
Thick (C2) / 50 Wicks ₹472.00 ₹9.44 rejects and re-wicks
Thick (C2) / 1000 Wicks ₹9,440.00 ₹9.44 the production run
Thin (C1) / 1000 Wicks ₹5,900.00 ₹5.90 the run, if C1 won your bracket
1,050 C2 wicks: ₹9,912.00. Buy C2 × 1000 — ₹9,440.00

Running the buffer during production

A buffer you do not track is just extra wax. Count it down melt by melt.
1
Seal the golden sampleThe client-approved candle, labelled with wax, oil lot, load, fill weight and date. Every test candle is compared with it.
2
Check lots on arrivalNote the wax bag and oil bottle details. If the oil arrives as bottles that differ, combine them in one clean container before the first melt, so all 1,040 jars share one blend.
3
Put the reserve bag aside, unopenedLabel it "reserve: corporate order" so nobody melts it on a busy day. The reserve oil bottle stays capped next to it.
4
Log each meltWax in, oil in, jars poured, rejects, residue. After four melts, compare rejects with the 2% plan and project the finish.
5
Decide on the reserve earlyIf the projection ends short, open the reserve before melt five, not after melt twenty. Same lot, same day, no batch difference.
6
Box the replacement units with the orderCure, weigh and pack the 10 replacements like the rest, and record where they are. They are the fastest answer to a breakage report.

Weigh a sample of finished candles before you pack: if the average has drifted from your fill weight, both the buffer and any net weight printed on the label have moved. How brands set the declared weight below the lowest candle is in How Do Professional Candle Brands Determine the Correct Net Weight to Print on the Label When Using a New Jar?; the full measurement list for a new batch of jars is in I'm Buying Candle Jars in Bulk for the First Time — What Measurements Do I Need Besides the Supplier's ml Capacity?.

When the right purchase is smaller: if the client has not yet approved a scent, the only thing to buy is the sample set. We would sell you 160 kg of wax today; we would rather sell it to you after the approval, when you know which oil the fourteen kilograms should be.
The CSI principle
Melt for the candles you will pour. Keep the rest as wax.
Size a corporate buffer in candles, melt only the working buffer, and hold insurance unscented and sealed, where it keeps its value whether you need it or not.
"A corporate client never counts the candles you made. They count the candles that arrived."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide

CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the wax, oil, jars and wicks here, and does not sell finished candles. We have told you not to buy the bulk order before the client approves a sample, not to over-buy oil as insurance, and that our prices do not reward buying more than you need. That advice costs us orders in the short run; it keeps makers ordering from us for the next corporate job.

Every price was checked against CSI's live store on 26 September 2026, and every size in a pick table is in stock on that date; the out-of-stock jar colours are named. Page wording (loads, pour temperature, the lidded jar's "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C") is quoted as written, and applies only to the jar whose page states it.

The 150 g candle is the series worked example, not a listing figure. The buffer rates, residue per melt, the ₹450.00 invoice price and the schedule are worked examples and editorial judgement; CSI publishes no breakage or transit data. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

How much extra wax should I buy for a 1,000 candle order?
In our worked example (150 g at 8%), melt about 6.7% more blend than exact, 147.2 kg of wax instead of 138 kg, and hold one further 10 kg bag sealed. That puts 15.9% more wax on hand than the exact figure, most of it unscented.
How many extra candles should I make for a corporate order?
We plan 40 extra poured jars per 1,000: 20 for rejects, 10 test candles and 10 finished replacement units, plus 10 client samples before the order. These are planning figures, not data; adjust for your reject history and courier experience.
Is it better to have leftover wax or run short on a bulk candle order?
Leftover, if it is unscented: a sealed bag is stock for the next order. Running short means a late or split delivery and candles from a different lot. Scented leftover is the one surplus to avoid, so do not melt the insurance.
How much fragrance oil do I need for 1,000 candles at 8%?
12 kg exactly for 150 g candles; 12.8 kg with the working buffer. With Sandalwood that is 13 × 1 kg (₹65,348.40), plus one sealed 1 kg as reserve if the client may add units.
Should client samples come out of the production wax?
No. Pour samples weeks earlier from small packs (about 2 kg of wax and 100 g of each candidate oil), and order the bulk only after the client approves. Keep one approved candle sealed as the golden sample.
When should I use the reserve wax during production?
As soon as your melt log shows you will finish short, typically after four or five melts. Opening it early keeps every candle on the same wax and oil lot; opening it on the last day does not.
Your 1,000-candle corporate order
16 bags of wax, 14 bottles of oil, 1,040 jars, 1,050 wicks: ₹235,103.20.
That is the worked example at 150 g and 8%, with a 6.7% working buffer and one sealed bag of wax and bottle of oil in reserve. Start with the sample set; once the client approves, send us the final scent, jar and delivery date, and we will quote the order with stock confirmed, a dispatch date from Pune and a GST invoice.
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About this guide: how much extra wax to prepare for a 1,000-candle corporate order beyond the exact fill weight: why corporate orders need more than a retail run, four buffer slices (client samples, rejects and test candles, replacement units, residue), a working buffer vs a sealed unscented reserve, the cost of too much vs too little, a costed order and a production routine for tracking the buffer. The loss categories in detail are covered in the 500-candle guide.

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 — Black Glass Jar with Black Lid (150 gram) (Deliveries Starting 5th Dec), Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks for Jar / Container Candles, Sandalwood Fragrance Oil, WAX MELTER FOR CANDLE MAKING. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the container 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 — Reena Bagal, Soumili Gope, Biny Abraham, Sakshi Jain, Monika Deep. The reviews from Sonal Sahani 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 (₹0.51 per gram from 1 kg); Sandalwood Fragrance Oil 15 g ₹93.22, 50 g ₹271.40, 100 g ₹502.68, 500 g ₹2,513.40, 1 kg ₹5,026.80 (₹5.03 per gram from 100 g); Woody Oud Fragrance Oil 100 g ₹453.12; White Matte Glass Jar and in-stock 8 × 7 cm sisters, pack of 5 ₹354.00, pack of 10 ₹708.00 (₹70.80 per jar); Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹944.00, pack of 20 ₹1,888.00 (₹94.40 per jar); Eco Candle Wicks Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 50 ₹472.00, 1000 ₹9,440.00; Thin (C1) 1000 ₹5,900.00; Corrugated 3 ply box 7 x 5 x 4 Inch (Pack of 50) ₹1,336.00. Per gram = price ÷ grams; per jar = pack price ÷ units, two decimals.

Non-price figures: the 150 g candle is the series worked example for the 200 ml Matte family, not a listing figure. Load is a percentage of total candle weight. Reject, test-candle, replacement and residue rates, the ₹450.00 invoice price, the sample set and the schedule dates after 26 September 2026 are worked examples and planning judgement; CSI publishes no breakage, transit or delivery-time data. Diwali 8 November 2026 and Christmas 25 December 2026 are calendar facts. Wax and oil ceilings are as stated on their pages (formulation limits). Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST.
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