Tools & Calculators

When do I pour, and when is it ready?

Choose your wax to see the supplier's suggested pour temperature, melt point and fragrance limit, then work out when your candle will be cured.

Your wax

Wax

Waxes from the supplier's guide. If yours is not listed, use the figures on your own supplier's data sheet.

Temperature unit

Plan the cure

Pour date

Cure time (days)

Use the cure time your supplier recommends. Many soy makers allow one to two weeks.

Fragrance for a batch

Wax weight (grams)

Fragrance load (%)

Suggested pour temperature

–

Melt point–
Maximum fragrance load–
Form–
Listed for–
Wick series–

Cure and fragrance

Ready to test and sell–
Fragrance to add–

Pouring and curing, step by step

Weigh your wax and melt it gently in a double boiler or a dedicated melter, stirring now and then. Never melt wax over a direct flame or in a microwave, and never leave it unattended. See Candle Safety.
Add dye, then fragrance, at the temperatures your wax supplier gives, and stir thoroughly for a couple of minutes.
Let the wax cool to its pour temperature, checking with a thermometer, then pour slowly beside the wick. Keep a little back for a second pour if the top sinks.
Let the candle set undisturbed, then trim the wick to about ¼ inch.
Cure the candle in a cool, dry place away from direct sun, for the time your supplier recommends, before burn testing or selling.

About the data

Melt points, pour temperatures and fragrance limits come from theCandleScience Candle Wax Guide, copied in October 2026. They are the supplier's figures for their own products, based on their testing. Where the supplier lists a tolerance, it is shown as a range. Formulas and batches change, so confirm against the data sheet for the exact wax you buy. The cure time here is whatever you enter; the guide does not publish one.

These are estimates to start from. Always pour a test candle and confirm the numbers with your own supplier's data.