My Candle Uses Two Wicks and the Glass Gets Much Hotter Than My Single-Wick Candle — Should I Change the Jar or Wick Configuration?

My Candle Uses Two Wicks and the Glass Gets Much Hotter Than My Single-Wick Candle — Should I Change the Jar or Wick Configuration?

 

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A second wick puts more flame into the same jar and moves every flame closer to the glass. Before you blame the jar, check the spacing, size the pair down and test one wick against two. Here is the arithmetic and the test.
4.5 → 2.25 cm
flame-to-glass gap, one centred wick vs two at the quarter points, 9 cm inside diameter (worked example) · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Why does the glass get so much hotter with two wicks? Two flames burn more wax per hour than one of the same size, into the same jar, and each flame sits much closer to a wall than a single central wick does. In a 9 cm-wide jar, a centred wick is 4.5 cm from the glass; two wicks at the quarter points are 2.25 cm away.

Should I change the jar or the wick configuration? The configuration first, in this order: measure where the wicks really are, fix the spacing, size both wicks down one rung, and test a single wick. Change the jar only if none of that works, or if the jar is too narrow for two wicks at all.

Is my comparison fair? Only if the single-wick candle is in the same jar with the same wax, oil and fill. A single wick in a smaller jar will feel cooler for reasons that have nothing to do with wick count.

How do I test it? Three arms side by side in the same jar: two small wicks, your current two, and one wick. Two jars each, burned in sight to a stop line about 1 cm above the inside floor, never unattended, with the flame-to-glass gap logged. Never touch the glass to judge it.
The short answer
The cause: two wicks usually mean more total flame, each flame nearer the glass, and a pool that melts wider and deeper faster. Hotter glass is the expected result, not a surprise.
The fix order: spacing, then wick size (down a rung), then one wick instead of two, then the jar. Each change tested on its own, three jars or more before you approve.
The geometry: in a 9 cm inside diameter, going from one centred wick to two at the quarter points cuts the flame-to-glass gap by 50%; spacing them 6 cm apart cuts it by 67%.
The jar: change it when the inside diameter is too narrow for two wicks with a sensible gap (in a 7 cm inside, the quarter points leave only 1.75 cm), or when one wick can't pool it and two overheat it.
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In this guide
Why two wicks heat the glass: every flame moves toward a wall Top-down, drawn to scale, 1 cm = 16 px. Worked example: 9 cm inside diameter (a 10 cm rim with walls of about 0.5 cm, assumed). Numbers are the gap from each wick to the nearest glass, the distance its flame has to heat across. One wick, centred 4.5 cm to the glass the baseline Two wicks, 3 cm apart 3 cm to the glass 33% closer than one wick Two, quarter points 2.25 cm to the glass 50% closer than one wick Two wicks, 6 cm apart 1.5 cm to the glass 67% closer than one wick Two flames also burn more wax per hour than one of the same size, into the same jar: more heat overall, closer to the glass. In a 7 cm inside diameter, two wicks at the quarter points sit only 1.75 cm from the glass: narrow jars and two wicks rarely mix well. Grey ring = glass wall (thickness illustrative). Wicks drift during a burn; measure where yours actually are, not where you set them. Geometry only: no temperatures are shown. CSI publishes no thermal-shock, burn-down or breakage data for any jar.
The same 9 cm inside diameter, seen from above, with four wick layouts drawn to scale. A single centred wick is 4.5 cm from the glass all round. Two wicks at the quarter points halve that gap; spaced 6 cm apart, each flame is only 1.5 cm from the wall. Add the extra wax that two flames burn every hour, and it is no mystery why the glass runs hotter than with one wick.
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Straight answer
My candle uses two wicks and the glass gets much hotter than my single-wick candle. Should I change the jar or the wick configuration?
Change the wick configuration first, and change the jar only if the configuration can't be made to work. Two wicks run a jar hotter for three ordinary reasons: two flames burn more wax per hour than one of the same size, so more heat goes into the same glass; each flame sits much closer to a wall than a single central flame (in a 9 cm inside diameter, 2.25 cm instead of 4.5 cm at the quarter points); and two pools merge into one wide, deep pool sooner. So work through it in order. Measure where the wicks actually sit after a burn, because drift toward the glass is common. Fix the spacing so neither flame is crowding a wall. Size both wicks down one rung, because two wicks chosen as if each burned alone is a frequent overshoot. Then test one centred wick against the two, in the same jar. Only if one wick can't pool the jar and two still overheat it is the jar the problem: at that point, a wider jar for two wicks or a narrower jar for one is the answer. First make sure your comparison is fair: a single-wick candle in a smaller jar will always feel cooler. Test every change side by side, burning in sight to a stop line about 1 cm above the inside floor, never unattended, and never touch the glass to judge it. CSI publishes no burn-down or breakage data for its jars; the answer comes from your log.
One line: two wicks put more flame closer to the glass, so fix spacing and size them down before you blame the jar, and test one wick against two in the same jar.
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Why two wicks run the glass hotter

Two wicks aren't twice the candle. They're twice the flame in the same glass.

Makers usually add a second wick for a good reason: a wide jar that one wick couldn't melt to the edge, or a stronger hot throw. The glass getting hotter is the price, and it comes from four places. All are common tendencies rather than certainties, and all are testable.

More flame in the same space

Each flame burns wax. Two flames of the same size burn roughly twice as much per hour as one, and the heat goes into the same wax and the same glass. If the two wicks are each as large as the single wick you would have used alone, the jar is receiving far more heat than it needs to melt its pool.

Each flame is closer to a wall

A centred single wick is as far from the glass as it can be: half the inside diameter. Move to two wicks and each one must sit off-centre, closer to the wall on its side. The diagram shows it in a 9 cm inside diameter: 4.5 cm for one wick, 3 cm for two wicks 3 cm apart, 2.25 cm at the quarter points, 1.5 cm if they're 6 cm apart. The closer a flame sits to glass, the more directly it heats it, and a flame touching the glass is a common cause of cracks.

One big pool, sooner and deeper

Two pools grow toward each other and merge. Once they do, the whole surface is liquid, and a large liquid pool can deepen quickly. A deep pool fuels taller flames, and taller flames heat more of the glass above the wax. A pool depth of about 0.5 to 1 cm is a rule of thumb for a well-sized wick; a pool much deeper than that in a two-wick candle is a sign the pair is oversized.

Flames affect each other

Two flames close together commonly burn taller and less steadily than either would alone, because each sits in the other's rising hot air. They can also lean away from each other, toward the glass. That is one reason drift matters more with two wicks than one. Fragrance load can play a part in flame behaviour too, but wick and jar usually dominate; that question is Can Fragrance Load Affect How Hot a Candle Jar Becomes During a Burn Test?.

Not this question?
If your double-wick candle is fine at the top and only overheats near the end, the shape of the container (taper, narrowing base, thick base) is covered in the double-wick end-of-jar post. If the jar is very hot on the final burn with a single wick, see My Candle Jar Becomes Very Hot During the Final Burn — Is the Jar Unsafe or Is My Wick Too Large?. When three wicks start to make more sense than two is I'm Designing a Three-Wick Candle — How Wide Should the Jar Be Before Three Wicks Make More Sense Than Two?.

First, is the comparison fair?

"Much hotter than my single-wick candle" is only meaningful if the two candles differ in wick count and nothing else. Often they don't. Check this before you change anything.

A fair comparison · what must match between your one-wick and two-wick candles
If any row differs, the heat difference may have nothing to do with the number of wicks
Must match Why it matters for glass heat If it differs
Jar (same listing, same batch) Diameter, wall and base change how heat reaches and leaves the glass Pour a single-wick candle in the two-wick jar
Fill weight and fill line More wax means more hours, and a different amount of bare glass above the pool Match the fill by weight
Wax, oil and load Different fuels burn differently Use the same batch of each
Burn stage A candle near the bottom runs hotter than one near the top (Can a Candle Jar Survive Early Burn Tests but Still Crack When the Candle Burns Closer to the Bottom?) Compare at the same depth, measured from the inside floor
Session length and room Longer sessions and draughts add heat or uneven cooling Burn both side by side, same session, same room
How you judged "hotter" Touch is not a test and can burn you Use a non-contact thermometer on the same spot of both jars, if you have one, and compare relatively
Mistake: comparing a single-wick candle in a 7 cm jar with a two-wick candle in a 10 cm jar, and concluding the second wick is the problem. Why it misleads: the wide jar holds far more wax, burns for longer and has a different wall and base; its pool area in a 9 cm inside diameter is 63.62 cm² against 38.48 cm² for 7 cm, 65.3% more surface to melt. Fix: compare one wick and two wicks in the same jar, side by side.

Spacing: the gap between each flame and the glass

You choose the spacing once, at the pour. The glass lives with it for every burn.

The quantity that matters is the gap from each wick to the nearest glass: half the inside diameter minus half the distance between the wicks. It is simple arithmetic, and it tells you quickly whether a jar is a sensible home for two wicks. A common starting layout puts each wick at a quarter point, halfway between the centre and the glass; that is a place to start testing, not a rule.

Flame-to-glass gap by inside diameter and spacing · straight arithmetic, not a wick rule
Gap = inside diameter ÷ 2 − spacing ÷ 2. Measure your own inside diameter at pool height
Inside diameter One wick, centred Two, 3 cm apart Two, quarter points Two, 4 cm apart Our reading
7 cm 3.5 cm 2 cm 1.75 cm 1.5 cm narrow for two: test one wick first
8 cm 4 cm 2.5 cm 2 cm 2 cm borderline: test both
9 cm 4.5 cm 3 cm 2.25 cm 2.5 cm two is reasonable to test
10 cm 5 cm 3.5 cm 2.5 cm 3 cm two is reasonable to test

Two things stand out. In narrow jars, two wicks leave a small gap whatever you do: at 7 cm inside, the quarter points are 1.75 cm from the glass, and "wider apart for a better pool" quickly becomes "flames at the glass". And in every row, pushing the wicks further apart than the quarter points buys pool coverage at the cost of the gap. If your two-wick jar runs hot and the wicks are wider apart than the quarter points, bring them in before anything else. The "our reading" column is judgement; whether your jar needs one, two or three wicks at all is I'm Buying a 4-Inch-Wide Luxury Candle Jar — Should I Plan for One Wick, Two Wicks or Three Before Ordering Production Quantities?.

Measure where the wicks really are

Wicks drift. A tab can slide during the pour, and wicks lean as the wax softens. After the first burn has cooled, measure from each wick to the nearest glass at the wax surface with a ruler. If either is noticeably closer than you set it, the heat you are seeing may be drift, not design. Fix the tabs with wick stickers on marked positions and hold the tops in a bar or centering device while the wax sets.

The fix order: configuration before jar

Changing the jar is the most expensive fix: new stock, new measurements, a new burn-down, maybe new packaging. So change it last. Here is the order we would work in, with what each step can and can't fix. Change one thing at a time.

Fix order · cheapest and most likely first; one change per test
Configuration changes cost a few wicks. A jar change costs a product line
Step Change What it can fix What it can't
1 Re-centre and fix the spacing (tabs stuck, tops held) Drift and wicks set too far apart Wicks that are simply too large
2 Size both wicks down one rung (two C2 → two C1) The common overshoot: two wicks each sized for a single-wick jar A jar too narrow for two flames at any size
3 Test one centred wick instead (e.g. Cotton Braided) Jars that never needed two wicks Jars too wide for one wick to pool
4 Change the jar: wider for two, or narrower for one A diameter that suits neither one nor two wicks Nothing if steps 1 to 3 were skipped

Step 3 deserves a note. Two smaller wicks are often better than one huge wick that soots (My Large Candle Jar Needs a Huge Single Wick That Produces Soot — Would Two Smaller Wicks Be a Better Choice?), but a jar in the 8 to 9 cm range can sit on the border, where a single larger wick pools it without crowding the glass. The only way to know is to test both. Retest every change to the stop line, because a configuration that looks fine in the top third can still overheat in the final third (Why Is Testing the Final Third of a Candle Important Before Approving a New Glass Container for Commercial Sale?).

Argued against our own interest: we sell jars, and step 4 is the one that sells the most of them. Don't start there. Two packs of wicks and a steel holder cost less than one Apothecary jar, and they address the likeliest causes first. If you do change jars, change once, after the test says so.

The side-by-side test: two small, two current, one

Three arms, one jar, one room, one afternoon's pour: the log answers the question you asked.

This test answers "jar or configuration?" directly. Same jar, same wax, same oil, same fill; three wick layouts; two jars each. Burn on a heat-resistant surface, in sight, never unattended, away from draughts, children, pets and anything that can catch fire. The worked example uses the Apothecary 500 gm jar with 500 g candles at 8% (460 g wax + 40 g oil each).

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Measure the jar and plan the positionsInside diameter at 2 cm and 5 cm above the floor; inside depth; the stop line 1 cm above the inside floor, taped outside. Mark the quarter points on a paper template the size of the floor. Reject any jar with a chip or crack.
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Set three arms, two jars eachArm A: two C1 at the quarter points. Arm B: two C2 at the quarter points (or your current pair at your current spacing). Arm C: one Cotton Braided, centred and trimmed to length. Tabs on stickers, tops held in a bar.
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Pour inside both limitsClean, dry, room-temperature jars. With CSI 464 (page: 80°C–90°C) in a jar whose page states 85°C, pour at 80°C to 85°C. Weigh each fill. Cure as your oil page states; Woody Oud's page gives "candles (6-10%)", so 8% sits inside it and inside CSI 464's 10%.
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Burn all six together3 to 4 hour sessions, same room, trimmed each time, full cool-down between. Hourly log per jar: time to full pool, pool depth, flame heights, wick lean, the measured gap from each flame to the glass, soot. If you own a non-contact thermometer, read the same spot on every jar at the same time; compare jars, don't chase a number.
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Watch the final third every 15 minutesTwo-wick heat peaks late. Stop any jar at once if a flame touches or nearly touches the glass, flames flare and merge, or anything changes in the glass.
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Stop at the line, inspect cold, decideSnuff at the stop line (never water) and leave each jar where it is. Next day, inspect for cracks and crazing. Choose the arm with a full pool, a steady flame and the widest gap to the glass, then confirm it on three more jars to the stop line before approving.
Reading the three arms · what each result tells you to do
The arm that pools cleanly with the most room to the glass wins; the jar changes only if none does
Result Reading Decision
A (two C1) pools to the edge; calmer than B Your current pair was oversized Adopt A; confirm on three jars
C (one wick) pools to the edge without a ring This jar never needed two wicks Adopt C; confirm on three jars
A leaves a ring; B overheats; C leaves a ring The jar sits between one and two wicks for your formula Try A slightly wider apart, never past the gap you're comfortable with; or change the jar
Every arm brings a flame close to the glass The jar is too narrow for this wax and oil Change the jar: wider for two wicks, or a narrower one for one
Any crack or crazing in any arm Glass, flaw or thermal stress Fail that arm; work through My Glass Candle Jar Cracked While Burning — How Do I Determine Whether the Problem Was the Glass, Wick or Uneven Heating?

Picks: a wide jar, spacing tools and three wick options

Five items, chosen on what their pages state, price and stock on 26 September 2026, not on test results: CSI has none for these jars or wick layouts. Wax for the worked example is Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (₹0.51 per gram at 1 kg, 5 kg and 10 kg alike), and the oil is Woody Oud Fragrance Oil (₹4.53 per gram at 100 g, 500 g and 1 kg alike). Test with the oil you will sell. If you are not using the Apothecary jar, the same method works in any wide jar; the clip-top container lists "11cm * 11cm * 10cm" without saying which is the height, so measure first.

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wide jar · where two wicks make sense to test
Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid – for Artisan Candle Makers (2 sizes)
At an outer rim of about 10 cm, this is the widest CSI glass jar with a stated diameter (the clip-top's "11cm * 11cm * 10cm" doesn't say which figure is which), and the natural place to compare one wick against two. The page states "Fill capacity: ~500 g - 700 g (2 sizes)", a height of about 10.8 cm without the lid, a base of about 10 cm, calls it "thick-walled", and states "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C" (pour wording; CSI has no burn-down data). It gives one set of dimensions for both sizes, so confirm which size they describe, and measure the inside yourself: our 9 cm is an assumption. Limitation: sold singly; six for the comparison are ₹1,274.40.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
500 gm ₹212.40 ₹212.40 one test candle; six for the three-way comparison
700 gm ₹250.00 ₹250.00 the larger size: repeat the test, don't assume
₹212.40 each; no pack price. Buy the 500 gm — ₹212.40
2
tool · fixes the spacing at the pour
Steel Wick Holder (Set of 5)
Spacing is the one two-wick variable you set once and then can't touch, so set it deliberately. The page describes a stainless steel bar with a "3-hole layout" that "fits single, double, or triple wick setups" and "most jar diameters (up to 9 cm wide)". Two honest cautions: the Apothecary jar's rim is about 10 cm, beyond that stated fit, and the page doesn't give the hole spacing. Ask us before relying on it for this jar, and measure where the holes put your wicks against the gap table above. Limitation: holds wicks only while the wax sets; drift during the burn is still yours to log.
Pack Price Per holder What it covers
Pack of 5 ₹250.00 ₹50.00 five jars setting at once
Pack of 10 ₹500.00 ₹50.00 a small production pour
Pack of 25 ₹1,250.00 ₹50.00 a 25-jar pour, same per holder
₹50.00 per holder at every pack size. Buy the set of 5 — ₹250.00
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wick · the two-wick rungs, sized down first
Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1) and Thick (C2)
A frequent two-wick mistake is choosing each wick as if it were burning alone. Two flames share one pool, so start one rung smaller than you would for a single wick: two C1s before two C2s. The page describes cotton-and-paper wicks for natural waxes and states no diameter range; we give none either. Per candle at the 100-pack price, a pair of C1s is ₹11.80 and a pair of C2s is ₹18.88: wick cost is not what decides this. Limitation: two rungs only; if two C1s still overheat the glass, the fix is spacing or the jar, not a smaller Eco wick.
Pack Price Per wick What it covers
Thin (C1) / 10 Wicks ₹59.00 ₹5.90 the two-C1 arm (4 wicks) plus spares
Thick (C2) / 10 Wicks ₹94.40 ₹9.44 the two-C2 arm (4 wicks) plus spares
Thin (C1) / 100 Wicks ₹590.00 ₹5.90 50 two-wick candles after a pass
Thick (C2) / 100 Wicks ₹944.00 ₹9.44 50 two-wick candles after a pass
Both rungs for the test: ₹59.00 + ₹94.40. Buy C1/C2 — from ₹59.00
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wick · the single-wick arm of the test
Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made
The fairest answer to "two wicks run hot" is sometimes "try one". The page says these are "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm" and states a wick height of 10.16 cm; in a jar about 10.8 cm tall, trim it to sit the right height above your wax. "Exceeding 8 cm" is the page's wording, not a sizing rule from us: one centred wick puts the flame 4.5 cm from the glass in a 9 cm inside diameter, against 2.25 cm for two at the quarter points, but it must still pool to the edge. Whether one large wick or two smaller ones is better in general is My Large Candle Jar Needs a Huge Single Wick That Produces Soot — Would Two Smaller Wicks Be a Better Choice?. Limitation: a single wick that can't reach the wall leaves a ring; that is a fail too.
Pack Price Per wick What it covers
Pack of 10 ₹120.00 ₹12.00 the single-wick arm (2 jars) plus a retest
Pack of 50 ₹600.00 ₹12.00 50 single-wick candles after a pass
Pack of 100 ₹1,200.00 ₹12.00 100 candles; the same per wick
₹12.00 per wick at every size: ₹0.20 more than a C1 pair, ₹6.88 less than a C2 pair. Buy a pack of 10 — ₹120.00
5
tool · fixes each tab exactly where you measured
Candle Wick Stickers (40 stickers)
Two wicks means two tabs, and a tab that shifts a few millimetres toward the wall during the pour undoes your spacing. Mark the two positions on the jar's floor with a template, stick each tab down, then set the tops in the holder. The 40-sticker sheet is in stock on 26 September 2026; the 100-sticker sheet is out of stock. Limitation: it holds the base, not the top; use both.
Pack Price Per sticker What it covers
1 sheet - 40 stickers ₹100.00 ₹2.50 20 two-wick jars
1 sheet - 100 stickers ₹236.00 — Out of stock on 26 September 2026
₹2.50 per sticker; two per jar. Buy 40 stickers — ₹100.00
When the right purchase is nothing: if you have six of your own jars, spare wicks one rung smaller and a single larger wick to try, you can run the three-arm test tonight. Buy only what the result tells you to.

What the comparison costs, and Christmas timing

The side-by-side kit · CSI live pricing, 26 September 2026
Six wide jars, three wick arms, 500 g candles at 8%: ₹4,779.36
Item Buy Price Used in the test
Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid 500 gm 6 ₹1,274.40 Two jars per arm
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 3 × 1 kg ₹1,522.20 2,760 g (6 × 460 g); 240 g for pitcher loss and top-ups
Woody Oud Fragrance Oil (or yours) 3 × 100 g ₹1,359.36 240 g (6 × 40 g at 8%); 60 g spare
Eco C1 + Eco C2 10 + 10 ₹59.00 + ₹94.40 Four of each (two jars × two wicks)
Cotton Braided Wicks Pack of 10 ₹120.00 Two; eight left for the confirmation run
Wick Stickers + Steel Wick Holder 40 + set of 5 ₹100.00 + ₹250.00 Ten tabs fixed; holder only if it spans your rim
Total ₹4,779.36 ₹4,529.36 without the holder

For scale, one finished 500 g candle in this jar costs about ₹638.85 in materials with two C1s (jar ₹212.40, 460 g of wax at the 10 kg price ₹233.40, 40 g of Woody Oud at the 1 kg price ₹181.25, two wicks ₹11.80) or ₹639.05 with one Cotton Braided wick, excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST. The wick choice moves the cost by paise; the heat is what matters. Buying the 5 kg sack instead of three 1 kg packs saves nothing per gram on CSI 464.

Christmas falls on 25 December 2026, 90 days after these prices were checked, and large two-wick candles are a natural gift format. The three-arm test plus a three-jar confirmation takes three to four weeks with cure and cool-downs; our judgement is to have the configuration decided by mid-November and pour production by early December. Dispatch is from Pune; confirm delivery time on WhatsApp.

Christmas 25 December 2026: run the three-arm test in October, confirm the winner by mid-November, pour in early December. Send us your chosen jar and wick layout with quantities and we will quote with a GST invoice and a dispatch date.
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The CSI principle
Fix the flames before you replace the glass.
Measure where the wicks really sit, keep each flame a sensible distance from the wall, size a pair down before you size it up, test one wick against two in the same jar, and change the jar only when the log says no layout works.
"Two wicks don't make a hotter jar. Two wicks too big, too far apart, in too narrow a jar do."
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Why trust this guide

CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the jar, wicks, holders and stickers named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page tells you to change wicks before jars (the cheaper fix for you, and the smaller sale for us), that our steel holder's stated fit may not span our own widest jar, and that our 85°C wording is pour wording, not a burn result. That is deliberate: makers who fix the right thing come back.

Every price and per-unit figure was verified on CSI's live store on 26 September 2026; every pack shown in a pick table is in stock on that date, and the out-of-stock 100-sticker sheet is marked as such. Product wording is quoted from the pages; where a page is silent (hole spacing, internal diameter) or contradictory (one set of apothecary dimensions for two sizes), we say so.

The gap arithmetic is exact for the stated inputs; the 9 cm inside diameter and 0.5 cm walls are assumptions; the quarter-point layout is a starting point, not a rule; the fix order, the readings in the gap table and the timing are editorial judgement; the 1 cm stop line, 3 to 4 hour sessions and 0.5 to 1 cm pool depth are rules of thumb. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Why does my double wick candle make the jar so hot?
Two flames burn more wax per hour than one of the same size, each sits closer to the glass than a central wick, and two pools merge into a wide, deep pool quickly. Wicks sized as if each burned alone, spaced too wide or drifting toward the wall make it worse. Fix spacing and size down before changing the jar.
How far apart should two wicks be in a candle jar?
A common starting layout puts each wick at a quarter point, halfway between the centre and the glass, so each flame is a quarter of the inside diameter from the wall: 2.25 cm in a 9 cm jar, 1.75 cm in a 7 cm jar. It is a place to start testing, not a rule; the burn test decides.
Should I use smaller wicks in a double wick candle?
Usually, yes, as a starting point. Two wicks share one pool, so each can often be one rung smaller than a single wick would be: two C1 before two C2 on CSI's eco range. Confirm by burning to the stop line, checking pool depth and the gap from each flame to the glass.
What jar size needs two wicks instead of one?
There is no single cut-off; it depends on wax, oil and wick. In narrow jars two wicks crowd the glass (at 7 cm inside, the quarter points are only 1.75 cm from it). In wider jars, test one centred wick against two in the same jar and keep whichever pools cleanly with the most room to the glass.
Is it normal for a two-wick candle jar to be hot to the touch?
Some warmth is expected, but touching is not a test, and CSI publishes no temperature limit for its jars. Compare jars with a non-contact thermometer if you have one, watch the gap between flames and glass, and treat any flame touching the glass as a fail.
When should I change the candle jar rather than the wicks?
After you have fixed the spacing, sized both wicks down, and tested a single wick in the same jar. If one wick can't pool the jar and two still bring flames close to the glass, the jar is the problem: go wider for two wicks or narrower for one.
Your two-wick candle, cooled down
Six jars, three wick arms, one answer: ₹4,779.36.
Two small wicks, your current pair and one wick, side by side in the same jar, burned to the stop line with every flame-to-glass gap logged. In three to four weeks you will know whether to change the wicks, the spacing or the jar, and you will only buy the one that the log points to.
Start with the single-wick arm — ₹120.00 Order the side-by-side kit on WhatsApp
Continue the read — glass heat and multi-wick jars
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: why a two-wick candle runs its glass hotter than a single wick (more flame, flames nearer the wall, a merged pool, flames affecting each other), how to make the comparison fair, flame-to-glass gap arithmetic by inside diameter and spacing, a four-step fix order that changes the configuration before the jar, a three-arm side-by-side test, and a costed kit with Christmas timing.

Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Bamboo Wick Holder, Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles. 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 — Subhankar Roy, Monika Deep, Soumili Gope, Thenirvaofficial. The reviews from Lalitha Jagan, 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: Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid 500 gm ₹212.40, 700 gm ₹250.00; Steel Wick Holder (Set of 5) Pack of 5 ₹250.00, 10 ₹500.00, 25 ₹1,250.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00, 100 ₹590.00; Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 100 ₹944.00; Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made 10 ₹120.00, 50 ₹600.00, 100 ₹1,200.00; Candle Wick Stickers 40 ₹100.00 (100 out of stock); Wick Centering Device ₹118.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 1 kg ₹507.40, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Woody Oud Fragrance Oil 100 g ₹453.12, 1 kg ₹4,531.20. Per unit = pack price ÷ units; per gram = price ÷ grams, two decimals.

Non-price figures: the 9 cm inside diameter (10 cm rim, about 0.5 cm walls) is an assumption; gaps are inside radius minus half the wick spacing; pool areas are π × r² (38.48 cm² at 7 cm, 63.62 cm² at 9 cm); load is a percentage of total candle weight (500 g at 8% = 40 g oil + 460 g wax); "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C", "exceeding 8 cm" and "up to 9 cm wide" are quoted as page wording; CSI publishes no thermal-shock, burn-down or breakage data. Dates are calendar facts; the timing is our judgement, not a delivery promise. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST.
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