My Double-Wick Candle Has Beautiful Edge-to-Edge Melting but Consumes Wax Much Faster Than Expected — Should I Test Smaller Twin Wicks?
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Edge-to-edge melting is a statement about geometry. How much wax that costs you per hour is a different measurement entirely.
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Probably, but not before you work out what each wick is costing you. A double-wick candle has one measurable rate and two wicks spending it, and the number that makes the decision is the measured total divided by the count — checked against a single-wick control in the same jar.
g/hr ÷ 2
the per-wick rate: your measured total consumption divided by the number of wicks, tested against one wick in the same vessel · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Why is my double-wick candle so thirsty? Because consumption is roughly per-wick rate × count. Two wicks that each behave well still spend twice as much per hour as one of them, and the edge-to-edge pool you added the second wick for is the thing doing the spending.
What should I measure? Weigh the whole candle before and after a timed session for the total rate, divide by two for the per-wick rate, and pour a single-wick control in the same jar so you know what one wick does there. Three numbers, one week.
Should I test smaller twin wicks? Yes, if the step exists. CSI lists two Eco cotton sizes, Thick (C2) and Thin (C1), so twin C2 → twin C1 is a real downward move. Below twin C1 there is no smaller Eco size, so "smaller" becomes a different type or count.
Is one wick enough in a 10 cm jar? Test it rather than assume. One CSI wick page actually points at a jar this wide: Cotton Braided Wicks, "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm". That makes a single cotton braided a legitimate candidate against your twin build.
The short answer
Split the rate before you change anything: total ÷ count gives the per-wick figure. It is an average across both wicks, not a measurement of either, and you should treat it as one — but it is the number that makes count comparisons honest.
Pour the single-wick control: without it you cannot tell whether two wicks are working lightly or one wick would have worked hard. The control is one extra jar and it is the most informative candle in the tray.
Edge-to-edge is geometry, not efficiency: a pool that reaches the wall releases fragrance from the whole surface, and it also puts more molten fuel over the wicks. Both are true at once. Decide which you are buying.
Dividing a twin candle's measured total by two gives a per-wick average that lets you compare across counts; it does not tell you that each wick drew exactly half. The single-wick control is what turns the average into a decision. All rates shown are illustrative readings from one maker's own sessions — no CSI wax, wick or jar page publishes a burn rate — and the hours are simply 460 divided by each total.
My twin-wick candle melts edge to edge but burns through the wax — do I test smaller twin wicks?
Test them, but run three measurements first, because "smaller twin wicks" is only one of the three things that could fix this. Weigh the whole candle before and after a timed session to get the total rate; divide by two for the per-wick rate; and pour a single-wick control in the identical jar so you know what one wick does in that diameter. In a 500 g apothecary jar — stated at a 10 cm outer-rim diameter and "safe for hot-pour up to 85°C" — a build at 8% holds 460 g of wax and 40 g of oil. A maker who measures 14.0 g/hr total is seeing about 7.0 g/hr per wick and roughly 32.9 hours from the fill; a single-wick control in the same jar measuring 9.6 g/hr would give about 47.9 hours — if its pool reaches the wall, which is the whole question. Then be realistic about what "smaller" means in this range. CSI lists two Eco cotton sizes with no stated diameters, so twin C2 → twin C1 is one genuine step, and below twin C1 there is nothing smaller to try. What there is instead is a different construction — and only one CSI wick page states an intent for a jar this wide: Cotton Braided Wicks, "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm". Material is ₹711.53 on twin C2 against ₹702.09 single — so this decision is about hours, not rupees.
One line: measure the total, divide by the count, and pour a single-wick control — then decide between a smaller twin, a different construction and one wick, with three numbers instead of one impression.
The tray needs four jars and three wick candidates. Apothecary Jar 500 g at ₹212.40, Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) ₹59 for 10, Thick (C2) ₹188.80 for 20 and Cotton Braided ₹120 for 10.
You cannot weigh one wick. You can divide, and then you have to be honest about what you divided.
A candle gives you exactly one consumption figure, however many wicks are in it, because all you can do is weigh the whole thing. So for a multi-wick build the useful derived number is total rate ÷ number of wicks. In the worked example, 14.0 g/hr across two wicks is 7.0 g/hr per wick. That figure is what lets you compare a double-wick candle against a triple, or against a single, without the jar size and the count tangling together.
Now the caveat, and it matters. 7.0 g/hr per wick is an average, not a measurement of either wick. Two wicks in one pool are not independent: they share a melt pool, they warm the same glass, and they sit at a spacing you chose. One may be closer to the wall than the other. One may be slightly off-centre, or fitted at a different height. The arithmetic hands you a tidy symmetrical number and the candle is not symmetrical. Treat the per-wick figure as a unit of account for comparing builds, which is exactly what it is good for, and never as evidence that each wick is behaving identically.
There is a visible version of the same point. If one side of your pool is deeper, or one wick mushrooms while the other stays clean, or the pool is lopsided against the glass, then the two wicks are demonstrably not doing the same work — and your 7.0 g/hr is the average of two different numbers you cannot separate. That is worth writing down as an observation, because it points at a fix that has nothing to do with wick size: spacing and centring.
The mistake: changing wick size when the problem is wick placement. Two wicks sitting too close together behave partly like one large wick in the middle of the jar, with a deep central pool and cool edges. Two sitting too near the wall put heat where the glass is. Before you conclude the wicks are too big, check the geometry: are they symmetrical about the centre, equidistant from the wall, the same height, and both vertical? Fit them with wick stickers at ₹100 for 40 and hold them with a Bamboo Wick Holder at ₹118 for five. One honest warning on hardware: the Steel Wick Holder states a "3-hole layout fits single, double, or triple wick setups" but also that it "Fits most jar diameters (up to 9 cm wide)" — on a jar whose stated outer rim is 10 cm, that is outside its stated range, so check before you order it for this vessel.
Record the rate three ways, every session
One line, three columns: total g/hr, per-wick g/hr, and count. It costs you nothing and it future-proofs the record. When you later test a 700 g jar, or a triple, or move the same build to a different diameter, the per-wick column is the only one that compares — and if you only wrote down the total, you will have to re-derive it from memory of how many wicks were in the jar. Add the spacing you used, in centimetres between wick centres, because that is the variable makers most often forget they changed.
What edge-to-edge actually buys
It is worth separating two things that a full melt pool does, because they pull in opposite commercial directions and most advice only mentions the first.
A pool that reaches the glass is releasing fragrance from the entire surface of the candle. That is the reason to want it: surface area is release area, and a pool that stops short of the wall is throwing from a smaller disc than the one the customer paid for. It also leaves no ledge of unmelted wax, which is both a waste question and a looks question. These are real benefits and nothing here argues against them.
The same pool is also a larger body of molten wax standing over the wicks, and molten wax at the wick is fuel in position. A wider pool and a deeper pool both increase the quantity of liquid fuel available. So an edge-to-edge pool achieved quickly, in a wide jar, by adding wick power, buys fragrance release with consumption. Both halves of that sentence are true at the same time. The decision is not whether to have a full pool — it is how much wick power you are willing to spend getting there, and how fast you need it to happen.
Edge-to-edge · the audit
What a full pool gives you, what it costs, and the question each raises
What the full pool does
Why that is good
What comes with it
The question to ask
Releases fragrance from the whole surface
In a 10 cm jar that is a large release area — the main reason to go wide
More heat into the wax, more molten fuel standing over the wicks
Does the pool need to be this deep, or just reach the wall?
Leaves no ledge of unmelted wax at the glass
None of the fill is stranded; the candle looks finished
Nothing on its own — this is the cleanest benefit of the four
Does a single wick or a smaller twin also clear the wall, given more time?
Reaches the wall quickly
Customers judge a candle in the first session
Speed is where most of the consumption cost sits
Would reaching the wall by hour three instead of hour one be acceptable?
Looks generous and even
A genuine part of a premium presentation
Nothing, if it is achieved with the smallest wick that manages it
Are you buying appearance with your customer's hours?
Row three is the lever most makers have not considered. Reaching the wall and reaching the wall fast are different specifications, and only one of them needs a big wick. A smaller twin that opens the pool by hour three rather than hour one may deliver the same complete melt across an ordinary four-hour session while consuming meaningfully less. The only way to know is to measure both, which is what the tray below is for. The related trap — treating burn one's melt pool as the standard the candle must hit — is covered in the first-burn posts in this series.
The single-wick control candle
This is the candle makers skip, and it is the one that answers the question. Without it you are comparing two twin builds against each other and you will never learn whether the second wick was necessary at all.
The logic is simple. Your twin build's per-wick figure tells you each wick is working at some level. A single wick in the same jar either works harder — because it is the only one melting a 10 cm surface — or it fails to reach the wall. Both outcomes are useful. If the single reaches the wall within your session at a materially lower total rate, you have a better candle and a cheaper one. If it does not reach the wall, you have proved that the count is justified, and your remaining lever is wick size within the twin configuration.
What the single-wick control can tell you
Four outcomes from one extra jar, and the decision each one hands you
Control result
What it proves
Next move
Material per candle
Pool reaches the wall; total rate well below the twin
The second wick was buying speed, not completeness
Switch to single. Re-test for throw, since release area over the session changes
₹702.09 on one Thick (C2)
Pool reaches the wall but only late in the session
One wick can do it, slowly
Decide whether late-session completeness is acceptable for your customer
₹702.09
Pool never reaches the wall; thick ledge remains
The count is justified in this diameter
Stay twin and work the size instead — twin C2 down to twin C1
₹704.45 on twin Thin (C1)
Pool reaches the wall and the rate is close to the twin
One wick is working very hard; check the hard stops carefully
Check flame stability, glass heat and carbon before considering it
₹702.09 — but only if it passes the stops
Priced above: 500 g candle at 8% = 460 g wax + 40 g oil. Premium Coconut Soy CSI 468 at ₹650/kg → 460 g = ₹299 · Woody Oud Fragrance Oil at the 100 gm price of ₹453.12 (₹4.5312/g) → 40 g = ₹181.25 · Apothecary Glass Candle Jar 500 gm ₹212.40. Fixed subtotal before wicks: ₹692.65. Single Thick (C2) +₹9.44 = ₹702.09; twin Thin (C1) +₹11.80 = ₹704.45; twin Thick (C2) +₹18.88 = ₹711.53; twin cotton braided +₹24 = ₹716.65. The whole wick decision moves the bill of materials by under ₹15 on a candle costing about ₹700 to make — which is precisely why it should be decided on hours and not on the wick invoice. CSI 468's stated pour of 58–60°C sits well inside the jar's stated "safe for hot-pour up to 85°C", so there is no conflict to resolve in this build.
Note the 700 g option on the same listing at ₹250. The page gives the same stated dimensions for both sizes — "Height (with lid): Approx. 13.2 cm … Diameter (outer rim): Approx. 10 cm" — and a fill capacity of "~500 g - 700 g (2 sizes)". If you intend to sell the larger fill, measure in that jar: the same diameter with more depth is a different problem for a wick, because the pool has further to travel down. Depth-related rate changes down the jar are their own cluster later in this series.
The four-candle tray
Four jars, one melt, two evenings of burning, and the question is answered. At ₹212.40 a jar the tray is not cheap, but it is a single decision for a product line.
1
Fit four identical jars with four configurationsJar 1: twin Thick (C2) — your current build, the control for the comparison. Jar 2: twin Thin (C1) — the one real downward size step. Jar 3: single Thick (C2) — the count control. Jar 4: single cotton braided, the only CSI wick whose page states an intent for diameters "exceeding 8 cm". Mark the wick spacing in centimetres on the base of jars 1 and 2 and make it identical.
2
One melt for all fourYou need 1,840 g of wax and 160 g of oil for four 500 g candles at 8%; melt about 1,900 g to allow 3–5% for what stays in the pot. CSI 468 states a melting point of 50–53°C and a pour of 58–60°C — markedly lower than the soy waxes, so your thermometer discipline matters more, not less. Stir the fragrance in once and pour all four jars from the same pot.
3
Cure all four the same number of days, then weigh all four coldLids on, same shelf. Then weigh each candle — glass, wax, wicks, lid off — on the ₹354 scale. Four start weights, recorded. A 500 g candle is a forgiving thing to weigh: even a coarse scale resolves a four-hour loss on a candle this size.
4
Burn all four together for a timed four hoursSame table, far enough apart not to warm one another, all trimmed to the same length. At the end of the session, for each jar record: has the pool reached the glass, and at what hour; pool depth from a dipped bamboo stick; whether the pool is symmetrical; how the glass feels; and whether a white tissue picks up carbon above the pool.
5
Weigh cold and compute three figures per jarTotal g/hr, per-wick g/hr (total ÷ count), and hours from the fill (460 ÷ total). For the worked twin at 14.0 g/hr that is 7.0 per wick and 32.9 hours; for a single-wick control at 9.6 g/hr, 9.6 per wick and 47.9 hours. Put all four rows side by side — the shape of the table is the answer.
6
Re-run the session, then burn the two finalists to the endA second identical session confirms the procedure. Then take the two best configurations to end of life in equal sessions and weigh what remains in each jar. A configuration with fewer hours that empties the jar can beat one with more hours that strands 40 g of wax against the glass — and only the final weighing tells you which you have.
Do not judge a multi-wick candle on burn one. In a 10 cm jar the first burn is the least representative session there is, and it is the session that pushes makers toward more wick than they need. The surface has never been melted, the wicks are at their longest, and the pool has no history to melt back into. If you size a twin build to produce a full edge-to-edge pool on the first burn in a vessel this wide, you have almost certainly specified more wick than the candle needs for the rest of its life. Judge on session two, with session one logged separately.
What "smaller twin wicks" means here
The phrase assumes a ladder. Count the rungs CSI actually publishes and there is one.
Set the range out plainly. Eco Candle Wicks come in Thick (C2) and Thin (C1), and the product page states no diameter for either — those labels exist only as Shopify variant names. So "smaller twin wicks" has exactly one concrete meaning inside that family: twin C2 becomes twin C1. That is a real, cheap, testable step and it should be your first move. What it is not is the first rung of a series. There is nothing published below C1, and no third Eco size.
Twin configurations available at CSI · with stated size information
Every twin or single option you can actually buy, and what its page says
A different product experience and a far larger wick line. Not a tuning step
So the practical sequence, when twin C2 is burning too fast, is: twin C1 first, because it is one step, costs ₹7.08 less per candle and changes nothing the customer sees. Then the single-wick control, because it is the only way to question the count. Then single cotton braided, because its page is the only one in the range that states an intent for a jar wider than 8 cm. If all three fail, the remaining levers are jar diameter, fill depth and spacing — and at that point you are designing a different candle, which is a legitimate decision made deliberately rather than a wick adjustment.
Buy the small packs — on three of four options it costs nothing
Eco Thin (C1) is ₹5.90 per wick at 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 pieces. Thick (C2) is ₹9.44 at every available pack. Cotton braided is ₹12 from 10 to 1,000. Flat pricing means a four-candle tray needs ten of each and no bulk commitment: ₹59 + ₹188.80 (the C2 10-pack is sold out, so the 20-pack is the smallest) + ₹120 = ₹367.80 of wick for the whole investigation. Only Performance Wooden Wicks reward volume — ₹59 each at 10 falling to ₹41.30 each at 100 — and a twin wooden build is a product decision, not a step on this ladder.
What to buy
Four lines: the vessel that makes the test representative, the two Eco sizes, and the one wick whose page is written for a jar this wide.
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The vessel · 10 cm, two fills
Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid
The jar that makes a twin-wick question worth asking. Its page states a fill capacity of "~500 g - 700 g (2 sizes)", a 10 cm outer-rim and 10 cm base diameter, a height of 13.2 cm with the lid, and "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C" — a pouring ceiling, not a burning one, and no CSI jar page publishes a maximum burning temperature. Two honest notes: the page gives the same dimensions for both the 500 g and 700 g sizes, so confirm which you are ordering; and a jar with a stated 10 cm rim sits outside the Steel Wick Holder's stated "up to 9 cm" range.
Both sizes, because a twin-wick investigation needs the step and the control. The page describes these wicks as pairing with soy, beeswax and other eco-friendly waxes and states no diameter for either variant — so C1 and C2 are candidates, not calibrated sizes. In a 500 g build the twin wick line is ₹18.88 on C2 and ₹11.80 on C1, a ₹7.08 difference on a candle costing about ₹700 to make. Pricing is flat per piece at every pack from 10 to 1,000; the Thick (C2) 10-pack is currently sold out, so the 20-pack at ₹188.80 is the smallest available C2 and it covers ten twin candles.
The one CSI wick whose page is written for a vessel like this: "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm", with a stated wick height of 10.16 cm. On a 10 cm apothecary jar that is the closest thing in the range to published guidance, which makes a single cotton braided a serious alternative to a twin Eco setup rather than an afterthought. Flat at ₹12 per wick from the 10-pack to the 1,000-pack. Note that no CSI listing describes any wick as pre-tabbed despite the "ready made" name; the braided wick roll at ₹706.82 ships with 100 separate tabs.
Used here because its page is one of the few that states the numbers you need for a repeatable pour: "Fragrance Load Up to 13%", "Melting Point 50°C – 53°C" and "Pour Temperature 58°C – 60°C". That pour sits comfortably inside the apothecary jar's stated 85°C hot-pour ceiling, so there is no conflict to resolve. At ₹650 per kilo it is ₹299 of wax in a 460 g fill, and it is one of the few CSI waxes whose listed price per kilo steps down with volume — ₹650 at 1 kg and 5 kg, ₹637 at 10 kg. A four-jar tray needs 1,840 g, so two 1 kg packs is the honest minimum.
Size
Price
Per kg
500g candles @ 8%
500 g
₹325
₹650
≈1
1 kg
₹650
₹650
≈2
5 kg
₹3,185
₹637
≈10
10 kg
₹6,370
₹637
≈21
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The CSI principle
A second wick is a second rate. Before you make it smaller, find out whether you need it at all.
Multi-wick makers tune size because size is the dial they know. Count is the bigger lever and it is almost never tested, because testing it means pouring the one candle that might prove the whole configuration unnecessary.
Twin builds double the wick line, and on the Eco range that line stays flat: ₹5.90 per C1 and ₹9.44 per C2 at every pack to 1,000, so a 1,000-wick pack covers 500 twin candles at the same per-piece price. For larger quantities, GST invoicing or documentation, message the bulk line.
A closing word on what to do with a result that surprises you. If the single-wick control beats your twin build on hours and still clears the wall, the honest next step is not to ship it immediately — it is to re-test the throw, because you have changed the release area over the course of a session, and that is the thing the second wick was partly buying. A candle that lasts 15 hours longer and smells of less is not obviously better. Measure the hours, then re-judge the scent, then decide. The trade-off between fragrance performance and burn hours is the subject of its own posts later in this series.
Two wicks are easy to add and almost never subtracted, because nobody pours the candle that would make the case.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. Twin-wick candles buy twice the wicks and consume wax faster, which makes them good business for a supplier and a risk for a maker whose customer counts hours. This page tells you to pour the single-wick control — the candle most likely to reduce what you order from us — because a 500 g candle that costs about ₹700 to make deserves a configuration decided by measurement rather than habit.
Every price, pack size and quoted specification comes from live CSI stock in September 2026 and links to the product page, where current pricing always takes precedence. No CSI wax, wick or jar page publishes a burn time, a burn rate or hours per gram, and none is estimated here — the 14.0 g/hr, 7.0 g/hr and 9.6 g/hr figures are illustrative readings from one maker's own sessions, shown only to demonstrate the per-wick arithmetic. Size statements are quoted only where a page makes them: the Eco Candle Wicks page states no diameter for C1 or C2, and the Performance Wooden Wicks page states none at all. Where a listing's own statements need care — the apothecary jar's identical dimensions for two fill sizes, the Steel Wick Holder's "up to 9 cm" against a 10 cm rim — we say so.
For help planning a multi-wick build for a specific vessel, pack pricing above the listed quantities, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate burn rate for a double-wick candle?
Exactly as for a single wick, then divide. Weigh the whole candle cold with the lid off, burn a timed session, weigh again cold, and compute (start − end) ÷ hours for the total rate. Then divide that by the number of wicks for the per-wick rate, which is what lets you compare a double against a single or a triple. Record both figures plus the count and the wick spacing — the per-wick column is the only one that still means anything when you move the build to a different jar.
Is the per-wick rate a real measurement of each wick?
No, and it is worth being clear about that. It is an average: you can only weigh the whole candle, so total ÷ count assumes a symmetry the candle may not have. Two wicks share one pool, sit at a spacing you chose, and may be at different distances from the wall or at different heights. Use the per-wick figure as a unit of account for comparing builds — that is what it is good for — and watch for a lopsided pool or one mushrooming wick, which are signs the average is hiding two different numbers.
Do I need two wicks in a 10 cm jar?
Test it instead of assuming. Pour a single-wick control in an identical jar and see whether its pool reaches the glass within your normal session. One CSI wick page is written for this width — Cotton Braided Wicks, "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm" with a stated 10.16 cm wick height — which makes a single cotton braided a real candidate. If the single leaves a thick ledge of wax at the wall, the count is justified and your lever becomes wick size within the twin build.
What are smaller twin wicks at CSI?
Inside the Eco cotton range, "smaller twin" has exactly one meaning: twin Thick (C2) becomes twin Thin (C1), ₹18.88 down to ₹11.80 of wick per candle. No CSI page states a diameter for either size, and there is nothing published below C1 — so that is one step, not a ladder. Past it, "smaller" has to mean a different construction, a lower count, a narrower jar or a shallower fill. Any guide telling you to drop two sizes is describing a range CSI does not list.
Does a full edge-to-edge melt pool mean my candle is well made?
It means the pool is releasing fragrance from the whole surface and stranding no wax at the wall, which are both good. It also means a larger body of molten fuel is standing over the wicks. Reaching the wall and reaching it quickly are different specifications, and only the second needs a large wick. A smaller twin that opens the pool by hour three rather than hour one may deliver the same complete melt across an ordinary session for materially less consumption — and the first burn is the worst session to judge any of this on.
Will the Steel Wick Holder work on a 10 cm apothecary jar?
Check before ordering. The Steel Wick Holder page states a "3-hole layout fits single, double, or triple wick setups" — useful for twin builds — but also that it "Fits most jar diameters (up to 9 cm wide)", and the apothecary jar states a 10 cm outer rim. That is outside its stated range. For this vessel the Bamboo Wick Holder at ₹118 for five, or wick stickers plus careful manual centring, are the safer route. Record your wick spacing either way.
Split the rate, then question the count
Four jars, one melt, three numbers per candle — and you will know whether your twin build needs smaller wicks or fewer of them.
Apothecary Glass Candle Jar 500 gm ₹212.40, 700 gm ₹250, stated 10 cm diameter and 85°C hot-pour ceiling. Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) ₹59 for 10 and Thick (C2) ₹188.80 for 20, flat at ₹5.90 and ₹9.44 per wick. Cotton Braided Wicks ₹120 for 10 at a flat ₹12. Premium Coconut Soy CSI 468 1 kg ₹650, 10 kg ₹6,370. Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354. Message us for pack pricing above the listed quantities, GST invoicing and documentation.
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range; the per-wick arithmetic, the single-wick control and the four-candle tray apply to any supplier's materials.
Customer reviews: The five reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on their product pages. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me; one longer review is shortened with an ellipsis and otherwise unedited.
Figures verified September 2026: Apothecary Glass Candle Jar with Dome Lid 500 gm ₹212.40, 700 gm ₹250. Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1) 10 ₹59, 20 ₹118, 50 ₹295, 100 ₹590, 500 ₹2,950, 1,000 ₹5,900 (flat ₹5.90 each); Thick (C2) 20 ₹188.80, 50 ₹472, 100 ₹944, 500 ₹4,720, 1,000 ₹9,440 (flat ₹9.44 each), the Thick (C2) 10-pack currently sold out. Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made 10 ₹120 to 1,000 ₹12,000 (flat ₹12 each). Performance Wooden Wicks (Imported) 10 ₹590, 50 ₹2,360, 100 ₹4,130 (₹59 / ₹47.20 / ₹41.30 each). Braided Wick Roll with 100 wick tabs ₹706.82. Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 1 kg ₹650, 5 kg ₹3,185 (₹637/kg), 10 kg ₹6,370 (₹637/kg). Woody Oud Fragrance Oil 100 gm ₹453.12 (₹4.5312/g). Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354. Bamboo Wick Holder set of 5 ₹118. Steel Wick Holder pack of 5 ₹250. Candle Wick Stickers 40 ₹100. Bamboo Stirring Sticks pack of 5 ₹118. Assumptions stated: load is calculated as a percentage of the finished candle, so a 500 g candle at 8% is 460 g wax + 40 g oil; fixed material before wicks = ₹299 wax + ₹181.25 oil + ₹212.40 jar = ₹692.65, giving ₹702.09 with one Thick (C2), ₹704.45 with twin Thin (C1), ₹704.65 with one cotton braided, ₹711.53 with twin Thick (C2) and ₹716.65 with twin cotton braided; twin C2 minus twin C1 is ₹7.08; four tray jars ₹849.60; a tray of four needs 1,840 g of wax and 160 g of oil, and melting about 1,900 g allows a 3–5% planning allowance for wax left in the pot. The 14.0 g/hr total, 7.0 g/hr per-wick and 9.6 g/hr single-wick figures are illustrative readings from one maker's own sessions, not CSI data; hours are 460 ÷ total (32.86 and 47.92, shown as 32.9 and 47.9). No CSI page publishes a burn time, burn rate or hours per gram for any product or combination. Stated specifications quoted verbatim: Apothecary jar "Fill capacity: ~500 g - 700 g (2 sizes)", "Height (with lid): Approx. 13.2 cm", "Diameter (outer rim): Approx. 10 cm", "Base diameter: Approx. 10 cm", "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C" — the page gives the same dimensions for both fill sizes; CSI 468 "Fragrance Load Up to 13%", "Melting Point 50°C – 53°C", "Pour Temperature 58°C – 60°C"; Cotton Braided Wicks "engineered for large-diameter candles exceeding 8 cm", "Height of the wick is 10.16 cm"; Performance Wooden Wicks "One Pack contains 10 wicks and wick tabs."; Steel Wick Holder "3-hole layout fits single, double, or triple wick setups" and "Fits most jar diameters (up to 9 cm wide)". No CSI page states a diameter for Eco C1 or C2, and no CSI jar page states a maximum burning temperature. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.
