Candle Lover Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 This may be a seem to be a silly question however I can't for the life of me find the answer to it.let say you were going to use 6% FO in your formula and you are starting with 100oz of wax, does this meanA) you use 100oz of wax and add 6oz of FO for a total of 106ozor you use 94oz of wax and add 6oz of FO for a total of 100ozor in other words, do you calculate of FO% on top of or within any giving wax amount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 It would be your AYou want to "add" 6% of the wax. Good Luck. I wondered the same thing, when I started tee hee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 B is the answer if you want to do it in terms of percent concentration, but some people do A. It doesn't so much matter as long as you have a consistent system worked out, but here's a summary of the popular methods. http://www.onestopcandle.com/candle/canmeasures.phpScroll down to where it says Working with Wax Formulas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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