cp0421 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I am absolutely drawing a blank here. I have been making candles very successfully for 20 years and the room spray and reed diffusers are kicking my rear. I am using the RE room spray which can hold up to 9% and diffuser base from CS which holds up to 25%. How do I mix it? I poured some base in a 2.7 aluminum bottle to figure out how much it would hold. It scaled at about 1.5oz but when i poured it into a measuring cup, it was 3oz by volume. Do i measure the base by volume and the fragrance by weight? Both by volume? both by weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightLight Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Do it by the weight inside bottle, so if weighs out at 1.5 then make a formula to hold that amount for bottle. Use the calculators at Wholesalesuppliesplus to help you creat formula. https://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/Calculators/Batch_Size_Calculator.aspx You would type in fragrance 9 percent base 91 per cent Total bath volume 1.5 calculate This will give you amount you need to mix for bottles. Use weight only to be accurate. now do the same for diffuser bottle. Find weight of liquid for inside bottle use calculator again diffuser base fragrance room spray bases may or may not hold 9 per cent of fragrance, you have to test fo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp0421 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 thank you so much. I will try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightLight Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 You can and should use a calculator for candles to be precise. Especially if you use additives as some you would only use small amount for test and small batches. Fragrance oils should be weighed as well not eyeballed or put in teaspoons etc. so same thing in calculator Amount for batch needed then percentage of each of below to add up to 100 percent. candle wax addtive xx candle wax no 2 fragrance oil color then calculate and print voila! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp0421 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thank you for your help. The calculator on WSP is amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightLight Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Now take your candle formula you might be doing by hand, and put in the calculator total candles 36 oz wax percentage additive percentage fragrance percentage calculate print perfect candles every time and accurate. For test candles get a scale that handle tiny amounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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