My Candle Looks Perfect for a Week and Then Develops Adhesion Patches — Why Can Wax Pull Away from Glass After the Candle Has Already Set?

My Candle Looks Perfect for a Week and Then Develops Adhesion Patches — Why Can Wax Pull Away from Glass After the Candle Has Already Set?

 

Yankee 130 ml jar ₹47.20 each CSI 464 ₹260.00 / 500 g Blue Ocean from ₹93.22 / 15 g
CSI glass adhesion diagnosis · Why is my wax pulling away from the glass?
Find out whether the days after dispatch — not your pour — are pulling your candles off the glass.
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✓ Jar prices pulled 7 October 2026 ✓ Wax prices re-checked 7 October 2026 ✓ GST invoicing · MSDS & IFRA documentation on request
Wet Spots × Glass Adhesion · After a week
A week of good adhesion means the pour was good enough. What changed is that every warm afternoon, AC night and courier van has been flexing the bond between wax and glass. Hold one jar back, cycle its twins, and the difference tells you where to act.
₹690.00
CSI Yankee jars, wicks and stickers for a nine-jar hold-back-and-cycle test with your own wax and oil · CSI live pricing, October 2026
Quick answers — read this first
How can a set candle pull away? Glass and wax respond to temperature changes differently, so each warm-cool swing loads the bond. Soy is also commonly described as settling for some time after it sets.

Was my pour wrong? Probably not badly — a week of good adhesion rules out most pour-day causes. The days after setting are the main suspect.

How do I prove it? Keep one jar in a steady room and cycle its twins through measured warm-day or cool-night cycles. If only the cycled jars spot, it is post-set cycling.

What does the test cost? ₹690.00 in CSI jars and wicks with your own wax and oil. A hold-back jar per batch costs about ₹2.90 per candle in a 48-candle batch.
The short answer
Answer: Because the bond is flexed after setting. Warm afternoons, AC nights, vans and shop lights cycle the candle's temperature, and glass and wax respond differently; a bond that held for a week can let go in patches.
Why: A week of good adhesion means the pour was adequate. Post-set spots point at storage, transit and cure, plus mild versions of early-spot causes.
Method: Nine jars from one melt: three held back in a steady room, three through an example warm-day cycle, three through an example cool-night cycle, logged and photographed after cycles 1, 3 and 5.
Shop: Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap · Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 · Blue Ocean · help on WhatsApp.
In this guide
Set, attached, and then the days start flexing it Example temperature cycle after the candle has set · shape only, not measured values warm room day 8 day 9 day 10 day 11 day 12 afternoon / shelf / courier van warm phase night / AC Day 1 · attached Day 7 · still attached Day 9 · first patch Day 12 · patch grows Each swing flexes the bond between wax and glass. Hold one jar back in a steady room and cycle its twins: if only the cycled jars spot, the candle was made well and the days after dispatch are the cause. Example cycle — measure your own.
An example temperature cycle after a candle has set — warm afternoons or vans, cooler nights or AC — and how a jar that was attached for a week can develop and grow patches. Shape only, not measured values; log your own shelf or courier route.
Series hub
The full wet-spot ladder
Timing
Immediate spots vs spots days later
Courier and storage
The transit side of wet spots
Straight answer
My candle looks perfect for a week and then develops adhesion patches — why can wax pull away from glass after the candle has already set?
Because the bond is still being loaded after the wax sets — by temperature swings you may not see. A week of good adhesion means the pour, the glass and the cooling were good enough to make a bond. After that, glass and wax keep responding to every warm afternoon, air-conditioned night, courier van and shop spotlight at slightly different rates, and soy wax is commonly described as continuing to settle for some time after it sets. Each swing flexes the bond; after enough of them, it can let go in patches where it was weakest. Prove it with a hold-back test: nine jars from one melt, cured together, then three kept in your steadiest room, three through an example warm-day cycle and three through an example cool-night cycle, all at measured temperatures, photographed after cycles 1, 3 and 5. If only the cycled jars spot, the fix is storage, dispatch and packaging — not a new wax. In CSI's Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap with Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 the test costs ₹690.00 in jars and wicks with your own wax and oil.
One line: the pour made the bond; the days after the pour decide whether it lasts.
A candle that spots after a week was usually made well enough to hold, and was then flexed by the days that followed. Proving that takes a hold-back jar and a cycled twin. Ten singles of CSI's Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap at ₹47.20 each make a three-arm cycling test with one spare.
See the Yankee 130 ml jar

Why a set candle can still let go

Set is not the same as settled. A week-old candle is still being pushed and pulled by every warm afternoon and cool night.

Wax that has been attached for a week did bond to the glass. That rules out a lot: it is unlikely that the glass was badly filmed, or that the pour was far too cool, because those usually show within hours. What can still happen after a candle has set is that the bond is loaded repeatedly. Glass and wax respond to temperature changes at different rates, so each time the candle warms and cools, the wax and the glass move very slightly relative to each other. Soy wax is also commonly described as continuing to settle and crystallise for some time after it sets. A bond that held through cooling and the first nights can give way after enough of those cycles — in patches, where it was weakest.

That is why a candle can look perfect on your shelf for seven days and spot on day nine: a warm afternoon by a window, an air-conditioned night, a courier van in the sun, a showroom under spotlights. You did not see those swings, but the candle went through them. The honest diagnosis, then, is not "the wax failed" but "the bond met more temperature cycling than it could hold". Which leaves two questions: how much cycling the candle is seeing, and whether your process can make the bond stronger before it goes out. Wet spots straight after cooling versus days later covers the earlier timings; this page owns the after-a-week case.

Where a set candle meets temperature swings · general observations, not CSI data
The cycling you may not be seeing
Where What swings How to find out (free or cheap)
Your own storage shelf Window sun by day, cooler at night A min/max thermometer on the shelf (not a CSI item) for three days
Air-conditioned rooms AC on at night, off by day — or the reverse Log the room's daily low and high
Courier vans and sorting hubs Hot vehicles by day, cooler depots at night A parcel with a data logger or min/max thermometer on your real route
Shops and stalls Spotlights, doors, AC, closed shutters overnight Ask the stockist; or leave a logger with a display candle
Customer's home Windowsills, kitchens, bathrooms Cannot be controlled — only explained (see below)
The CSI principle
If the candle was attached for a week, the pour was good enough. The question is what the days after did to it — and you can test that.
Hold one jar back somewhere steady, cycle its twins, and compare. The result tells you whether to change your process or your storage, packaging and customer advice.

What makes a bond more or less able to take cycling

Not every set candle spots when cycled, so something about the candle matters too. The contributors commonly cited are the same ones that cause early spots, just milder: a bond that is good but not uniform because of light residue on the glass; a wall that cooled a little faster on one side; a fragrance load or specific oil that changes how the wax sets at the glass; and how far through its cure the candle was when the swings began. None of these is measured by CSI for any wax or oil — we publish no adhesion or cycling data — so the only way to know which matters in your candle is to vary one and cycle it.

Cure is worth a specific mention. Wax pages recommend curing before sale — CSI's Chunks page says at least 48 hours, ideally one to two weeks — mainly for scent. A candle that leaves the workshop on day two is still settling while it rides in a courier van. Whether a longer cure in a steady room makes your candles more resistant to cycling is a reasonable hypothesis and an easy test, not a known fact. The courier and storage section takes the transit side further, and the one-sided post covers the case where post-set spots appear only on the window side.

Can a candle that has spotted after setting be rescued? Makers commonly warm the outside of the glass gently, for example with a heat gun, until the wall wax softens, and let it cool undisturbed; the patch often disappears. It may come back with the next round of swings, so it is a rescue for stock on hand, not a fix. The post on why a dry gap looks wet uses the same re-melt as a proof check.

The cycling test: hold back one, cycle the twins

The test takes jars that are identical — one melt, one pour, one cooling board, the same cure — and gives them different lives after setting. Arm A, the hold-back, lives in the steadiest place you have. Arm B goes through a warm-day cycle: a measured warm phase each day, then back to room. Arm C goes through a cool-night cycle: room by day, a measured cooler phase each night, such as an air-conditioned room. Each cycled arm differs from the hold-back in one way only. Both cycles are labelled example settings: measure and record your own, and replace them with your logged courier or shelf readings when you have them.

The example uses Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 in the Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap with Blue Ocean. CSI does not publish a fill for this jar — 130 ml is its volume — so the 100 g candle is an example weighed fill: at 8%, 8 g of oil and 92 g of wax. CSI 464's page gives an 80–90°C melt/pour range and a 10% ceiling (10 g of oil here). The Yankee page publishes no hot-pour limit, so ask CSI on WhatsApp before pouring at the top of the wax's range.

Cycling round · 9 jars from one melt + 1 spare · identical until fully set and cured to the same checkpoint
Hold-back against two example cycles
Arm Jars Life after setting (example settings — measure and record yours) If it spots and A does not
A — hold-back J1–J3 Steadiest room you have; temperature logged daily —
B — warm-day cycle J4–J6 Example: 8 hours a day in a warm spot at a measured temperature (for instance 35–40°C), 16 hours at room; 3–5 cycles. Warm phase kept well below CSI 468's 50–53°C melting point and never presented as a safe-storage figure Warm phases (sun, vans, spotlights) are loading the bond
C — cool-night cycle J7–J9 Example: room by day, 8 hours a night in an air-conditioned room at a measured temperature; 3–5 cycles Cool nights and AC are loading the bond
Spare J10 — Replaces a damaged jar
1
Make all nine the same way, from one meltNumber J1–J9 under the base. Weigh 92 g of CSI 464 and 8 g of Blue Ocean per jar on a scale, pour at one temperature inside the page's range checked with a Pen Thermometer, and cool all nine side by side.
2
Cure together, then photograph the starting pointKeep all nine together until your normal dispatch day — or a fixed cure checkpoint such as 7 days (example). Photograph each jar from four sides. Any jar already spotted at this point is noted, and its arm is read on new spots only.
3
Separate the arms and log temperaturesMove A to the steady room, B and C into their cycles. Put a min/max thermometer or data logger (not CSI items) with each arm. A cycle you did not measure is not a test condition, it is a guess.
4
Photograph after each cycleFour sides per jar after cycles 1, 3 and 5, and again 7 days after the last cycle. Mark new patches on tape with the cycle number.
5
Burn one jar from each arm at the endBurn one A, one B and one C jar side by side and record melt pool and burn lines — wet spots are commonly regarded as mainly cosmetic, but your own records are the evidence.

Three jars per arm is a labelled working practice for a screen. Each extra jar costs ₹134.56 in CSI materials at test rates (₹47.20 jar, ₹47.84 of CSI 464 at the 500 g rate, ₹39.52 of Blue Ocean at the 50 g rate). If a cycled arm spots and the hold-back does not, the next round tests one process change — longer cure, cleaned glass, or a lower load — against the same cycle.

Put a logger in a real parcel first
Before you choose a cycle, pack a min/max thermometer or small data logger (not a CSI item) in a parcel exactly as you ship candles and send it to a friend or stockist on your usual route. The highs and lows it records are a far better test cycle than any example on this page.
The common mistake: cycling hotter and hotter to "stress test". A maker puts jars in a hot car at whatever temperature it reaches, sees them soften or sweat, and concludes the wax cannot take Indian summers. That is a different test with a different failure. Fix: cycle at measured, recorded temperatures that match what your logs show your candles actually meet, and keep warm phases well below the melting point of the waxes you compare. Heat survival has its own section — courier, storage and cooling.

Scoring new spots per cycle

Because the candles start attached, the useful measure is how much new separation each arm gains over the cycles. No industry standard exists for how much a candle may change in storage, so the scale is your own.

Example house grades — yours, not an industry figure (none exists)
New-spot grade per jar, against its own starting photograph
Grade Change since the starting photograph Example reading
0 No new patches Stable
1 New specks or one patch smaller than a fingernail Minor change
2 New patches visible at arm's length Clear change
3 Large new areas or a band Fails your storage standard
One row per jar · grade after cycles 1, 3 and 5 and 7 days after the last · log each arm's min and max
Cycling-test sheet
Jar Arm Start (spotted?) After cycle 1 After cycle 3 After cycle 5 7 days later Arm min/max °C
J1 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J2 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J3 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J4 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J5 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J6 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J7 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J8 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___
J9 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___

Set the reading rule in advance — for example, a cycle "loads the bond" if all three of its jars reach grade 2 or worse while no hold-back jar passes grade 1. What to record when comparing adhesion has the fuller sheet if you later compare waxes under the same cycle.

The priced cycling-test kit

Priced with listed, in-stock CSI items. Use your own jars, wax and oil if you have them — the cycling test is most useful on the exact candle that spotted.

9 candles + 1 spare · jars CSI live pricing, pulled 7 October 2026 · wax CSI live pricing, re-checked 7 October 2026 · oil CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 7 October 2026 · wicks re-checked 4 October 2026
Cycling round: hold-back, warm-day cycle, cool-night cycle
Item Need Buy Price
Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap 9 + 1 spare 10 × single jar ₹472.00
Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 (example wick) 9 + 2 spare 1 × 20 (10-pack out of stock) ₹118.00
Wick stickers 9 1 × sheet of 40 ₹100.00
With your own wax and oil ₹690.00
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 869.4 g 1 × 1 kg ₹507.40
Blue Ocean (example oil) 75.6 g 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g ₹433.44
Everything bought ₹1,630.84

The thermometers, data logger and the warm and cool spots are not CSI items; use what you have, but log them. The wick is an example so the candles are complete — the wick size for this jar is not published, and the end-of-test burn needs a wick you have already burn-tested.

The cheapest insurance: one hold-back jar per batch

When a customer sends a photograph of a spotted candle, the jar you kept back is your evidence.

Even without a formal test, keeping one jar from every batch in a steady room tells you, the day a complaint arrives, whether the batch was already spotting or whether the journey did it. In this candle the CSI materials at production rates are ₹139.43: ₹46.68 of CSI 464, ₹39.65 of Blue Ocean at the 1 kg rate, an example ₹5.90 wick and the ₹47.20 jar — before labour, packaging and GST. Spread over a batch, that retention sample is small.

Example batch sizes — replace with yours · materials only, at CSI production rates
What a hold-back jar costs per candle sold
Batch size (example) Hold-back jar materials Share of the batch Per candle in the batch
24 ₹139.43 4.17% ₹5.81
48 ₹139.43 2.08% ₹2.90
100 ₹139.43 1.00% ₹1.39

Set that against an example customer-side failure: a return courier and a replacement courier at an example ₹90.00 each, a replacement candle's materials (₹139.43) and example packaging of ₹25.00 come to ₹344.43 — before your time and the customer's patience. Every figure except the CSI materials is a labelled example to replace with your own quotes. The hold-back jar does not prevent that failure; it tells you which fix to buy, which is the point of this whole section.

Argued against our own interest, plainly. If your hold-back jars stay attached and only shipped or shelf candles spot, a new wax or jar from us will not change the van or the windowsill. The fixes are storage, packaging, timing of dispatch and an honest note to customers — none of which we sell. Test a process change against the cycle before you test any new material.
The pour made the bond. The days after the pour decide whether it lasts.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Diwali is on Sunday 8 November 2026, and festive candles spend days in vans, warehouses and shops between warm afternoons and cooler nights. A cycling test started this week reaches its fifth cycle with time to change dispatch, packaging or storage before peak orders. Send us your shelf or route temperature log on WhatsApp and we will help you set the cycle.
Help me set my cycle

What to tell customers about storage

Some cycling happens after the sale, and you cannot test a customer's windowsill. You can explain it. A short care line on a label, insert or product page — plain and honest — reduces the chance that a customer reads a post-sale wet spot as a fault. Customers who think wet spots are oil or moisture covers the wording in a premium context.

Example care wording · adapt to your own voice · never promise what you have not tested
Storage line for a clear-glass candle
Purpose Example wording
Where to keep it "Store in a cool, steady place, away from direct sun and heaters."
What a patch is "Natural soy wax can pull slightly away from the glass with temperature changes. It looks like a wet patch but is a tiny air gap — nothing has leaked."
What not to say Do not write that it "does not affect burning" unless your own side-by-side burns show that

The decision rule

Apply from the top after the cycling round, using the grades 7 days after the last cycle.

Working decision rule · from the cycling test
From post-set spots to an action
If this is true It means Do this
Hold-back stable; B (warm-day) spots Warm phases load the bond Buy nothing. Keep stock away from sun and heat; review dispatch timing and packaging
Hold-back stable; C (cool-night) spots Cool nights and AC load the bond Buy nothing. Steady the storage room; avoid AC-cycled stock rooms
Hold-back stable; both cycles spot General cycling sensitivity Next round: one process change (longer cure, cleaned glass or lower load) under the same cycle
Hold-back spots as much as the cycles Not post-set cycling Back to the pour: timing, preparation, pour temperature
Every process change cleared; cycled jars still spot Jar or wax under your conditions A second clear jar, then a 500 g or 1 kg bag of one other CSI wax, under the same cycle

Whatever the result, keep a hold-back jar from every batch and log your storage temperatures through the season. If a faint residue of post-set spotting remains after every change, natural contraction even when everything is correct explains why, and how much variation is normal helps you decide whether it is acceptable. The section capstone pulls the method together.

The CSI products in this test

1
Clear glass · sold singly
Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap
CSI's page lists it as clear glass with a clear cap; 130 ml is the volume and the fill weight is not published — weigh a test pour. No hot-pour limit is published. Sold singly, so a cycling test buys exactly the jars it needs.
Pack Price Per jar Stock (7 Oct 2026)
Single jar ₹47.20 ₹47.20 In stock
₹472.00 for 10 jars Buy Yankee 130 ml jar
2
Example wax · page states 10% and glass adhesion
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464
CSI's product page states a fragrance load up to 10%, an 80–90°C melt/pour working range, a 60-month shelf life in cool, dry storage, "excellent glass adhesion", single-pour and low frosting. The adhesion line is a claim to test — Chunks and CSI 468 make the same claim. Per kg it is the same price at 1, 5 and 10 kg.
Pack Price Per kg Candles at 92.0 g wax
500 g ₹260.00 ₹520.00 5.43
1 kg ₹507.40 ₹507.40 10.87
5 kg ₹2,537.00 ₹507.40 54.35
10 kg ₹5,074.00 ₹507.40 108.70
₹507.40 for the round Buy CSI 464
3
Example oil · 8 g per candle at 8%
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
Used because the arithmetic needs an oil; use your own spotted batch's oil if you have it. CSI publishes no adhesion or cycling behaviour for any oil.
Pack Price Per gram Candles at 8.0 g
15 g ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1.88
50 g ₹247.00 ₹4.94 6.25
100 g ₹495.00 ₹4.95 12.50
500 g ₹2,478.00 ₹4.96 62.50
1 kg ₹4,956.00 ₹4.96 125.00
₹433.44 for 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g Buy Blue Ocean
A different candle? The hold-back-and-cycle method works for any jar and wax. Clear jars are in Glass Jars, container waxes in Candle Wax, and tools in Candle Accessories.
Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. Post-sale wet spots invite blaming the wax. This page shows that a week of good adhesion largely clears the pour, tests storage and transit cycling against a hold-back jar, and says plainly that the fix may be storage and packaging that we do not sell.

Oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 7 October 2026. Soy-wax prices are CSI live pricing, re-checked 7 October 2026. Jar and Isopropyl Alcohol Spray prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 7 October 2026; wick and tool prices are re-checked 4 October 2026, including the Eco Thin C1 10-pack being out of stock. Every candle split, per-jar price, kit total and cost per acceptable candle on this page is computed and shown to two decimals so you can check it.

Jar counts per arm, photo checkpoints, glass-warming and cooling settings, temperature cycles, scoring scales and the pour-loss allowance are labelled working practices, not industry standards — none exists for wet spots. The 100 g Yankee fill, the warm-day and cool-night cycles (including the 35–40°C warm phase), the 7-day cure checkpoint, the batch sizes, the ₹90.00 courier and ₹25.00 packaging figures are labelled examples to replace with your own measurements and quotes. For help building an adhesion test kit, bulk quotes, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documents, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Why do wet spots appear on candles after a week?
Temperature swings after setting — warm days, AC nights, transit — flex the bond between wax and glass, and soy wax is commonly described as continuing to settle. A bond that held for a week can let go in patches.
Can shipping cause wet spots on candles?
Courier vans, depots and shops can cycle candles between warm and cool. Keep one jar from each batch at home and compare it with shipped candles to check.
Does air conditioning cause candle wet spots?
Cool AC nights after warm days are a commonly cited cause of post-set spots. Test it: cycle three jars through your AC room at night and keep three in a steady room.
Can I fix wet spots on finished candles?
Gently warming the outside of the glass until the wall wax softens often makes a patch disappear. It may return with the next temperature swings, so treat it as a rescue.
Does curing longer prevent wet spots?
It is a reasonable hypothesis, not a known fact. Cure half a batch longer in a steady room and cycle both halves the same way to see whether it helps your candle.
How should customers store soy candles in clear jars?
In a cool, steady place, away from direct sun and heaters. A short care note explaining that wax can pull slightly from the glass with temperature changes avoids confusion.
Hold one back
Keep one jar steady. Cycle its twins. Act on the difference.
Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml ₹47.20 each, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 from ₹260.00 for 500 g, Blue Ocean from ₹93.22 for 15 g, Eco Thin C1 wicks ₹118.00 for 20. Send us your storage or route temperature log and we will help you set a realistic cycle.
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Continue the read — Why is my wax pulling away from the glass?
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. The cycling test, new-spot grades, retention-sample maths, care wording and decision rule apply to any candle from any supplier; the products named are CSI's.

Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Eco Candle Wicks, Premium Candle Wicking Needle and Bamboo Wick Holder. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the guidance set out here. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on the three reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Monika Deep, Subhankar Roy and Sneha Tamang; the reviews from Ashwini, LJ and Lalitha Jagan are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge.

Figures used on this page: Oils — CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 7 October 2026: Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹247.00 / 50 g, ₹495.00 / 100 g, ₹2,478.00 / 500 g, ₹4,956.00 / 1 kg. Soy waxes — CSI live pricing, re-checked 7 October 2026: Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 ₹260.00 / 500 g, ₹507.40 / 1 kg, ₹2,537.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,074.00 / 10 kg. Jars and jar cleaning — CSI live pricing, pulled 7 October 2026: Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap ₹47.20 / 1. Wicks and tools re-checked 4 October 2026: Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹118.00 / 20, ₹295.00 / 50, ₹590.00 / 100, ₹2,950.00 / 500, ₹5,900.00 / 1000 (10-pack out of stock); Thick C2 ₹94.40 / 10, ₹188.80 / 20, ₹472.00 / 50; Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made ₹120.00 / 10; wick stickers ₹100.00 / 40; Wick Centering Device ₹118.00 / 5; Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Pen Thermometer ₹354.00.

Non-price figures and assumptions: Load convention: fragrance load is a share of the finished candle (oil = W × L; wax = W × (1 − L)). Candle: an example weighed fill of 100 g in the Yankee 130 ml jar (fill not published) at 8% = 8 g oil + 92 g wax; CSI 464's 10% ceiling = 10 g oil. Working practices: 3 jars per arm, 5% pour loss, a 7-day cure checkpoint before cycling (example), photographs after cycles 1, 3 and 5 and 7 days later. Example cycles: warm-day 8 h at a measured warm temperature (e.g. 35–40°C) / 16 h room; cool-night 8 h in an AC room at a measured temperature; 3–5 cycles — never storage specifications. Labelled examples: batch sizes 24, 48, 100, courier ₹90.00 each way, packaging ₹25.00. Chunks' cure guidance (at least 48 hours, ideally 1–2 weeks) is quoted from its page. What CSI's product pages state (quoted as claims, not CSI test results): Luxury Soy Wax Chunks — maximum fragrance load 13%, fragrance addition 80–90°C, pour 75–80°C in the spec table (the step list shows 70–80°C), stir 2 minutes, cure at least 48 hours, ideally 1–2 weeks, and "excellent adhesion to glass and container surfaces reduces wet spots and pull-away"; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 — fragrance load up to 10%, an 80–90°C melt/pour working range, "excellent glass adhesion", single-pour, low frosting; Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 — melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C, fragrance load up to 13%, "formulated for excellent glass adhesion and a one-pour finish"; Natural Soy Pearl — no fragrance ceiling, temperature, cure or adhesion statement published; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) — thick-walled clear glass, fill approximately 150 g, height approximately 8 cm with lid, rim approximately 7 cm, base approximately 6.5 cm, "safe for hot pour up to 85°C". CSI publishes no adhesion, wet-spot, shrinkage or contraction data for any wax, oil, dye or jar; no glass thickness and no internal diameters; no wick size for any jar; and no industry acceptance threshold for wet spots exists — every acceptance line on this page is the reader's labelled house standard. All three container-wax pages make the same adhesion claim, so the claim cannot rank them; only a side-by-side test in your own jar can. Material costs exclude labour, packaging, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November.
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