Candlelovr Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hi all..I was wondering, I know there is a post somewhere but I did a seach and cant find anything. How do you measure FO? By weight or volume?And I've heard that with heavier FO's, you use less than the normal 1 oz pp of wax. How can you tell if the FO is heavy? I have alot of 1oz bottles of FO from peak, so normally I just dump the whole bottle in, if its 1 lb of wax. But I recently got some bigger 4 and 8 oz bottles and I need to know how to measure out the right amount.TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 I use a good digital scale and weigh out my FO that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candlelovr Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 I use a good digital scale and weigh out my FO that way.Ok, thats good, I have a digital scale and thats what i use to weigh my wax. Thanks for the reply!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breanna Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 2 Tablespoons is the same as 1oz. I use 1 oz FO to 1LB wax. IF I need only a half oz I use 1 tablespoon. Got this off the Candle Cauldron site. Has worked Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 FO should be measured by weight, not volume.The darker FO usually weights more. You can see the difference in most heavy oils when you purchase them because the volume will be less. The clearer the oil the less heavy it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breanna Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 OH NO,,so I have been doing this all wrong???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaVA Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 You really do have to measure by weight. I use either dixie cups or metal condiment cups (from Wal-Mart) to measure my FO. Put the cup on the scale, tare out and then pour in FO. Quick, easy and accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 There's nothing about measuring by volume that's really wrong. It all depends on your methodology. If you do it by volume then your percentage of FO by weight will vary. However, there's nothing particularly magical about a certain percentage of FO. If the amount works for you and you do it consistently, that's fine.If your methodology was based on percentage formulas and you measured your FO by volume, that would be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candlelovr Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 Im measuring by weight...i have a digital scale, i put a measuring cup on the scale and poured the FO until it said 1/4 oz. Now Im thinking thats not enough tho...thats only 3/4 oz for a pound and a half of wax. But then again, this is for my inlaws and they dont like really strong candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallbabydoll Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Im measuring by weight...i have a digital scale, i put a measuring cup on the scale and poured the FO until it said 1/4 oz. Now Im thinking thats not enough tho...thats only 3/4 oz for a pound and a half of wax. But then again, this is for my inlaws and they dont like really strong candles.Ok I'm really confused. If the scale said it was 1/4 oz, how does that equal 3/4oz? I could be wrong, but most digital scales only say .2 or .3 which would be close to 1/4oz, .25=1/4 oz which is not even close to enough for 1.5lbs. As a rule of thumb, most use 1oz per lb. So going by that, you'd need 1.5oz for 1.5lbs of wax. It's true that this is only a rule of thumb. Some fos are too strong at 1oz pp, some aren't strong enough. But this is all opinionated. HTH some. I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out the 1/4oz=3/4ozs though, hmmmmmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Ok I'm really confused. If the scale said it was 1/4 oz, how does that equal 3/4oz?The reason you're confused is that rest of the information is in a separate thread. Candlelovr is making a 3 layer candle with different scents and the 1/4 oz. is for just 1 layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candlelovr Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 I used 1/4 oz for each layer...3 layers = 3/4 oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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