Wick'n'Wax Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 a 2oz votive burns for 15hours, so 1oz burns for 7 1/2hours, weigh candle and times each oz by 7.5?or is life just not that simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candles by Lisa Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 It depends on your formula but you can use that as a rough guide. Before lighting the candle, use a scale to weigh it and find it's total weight. Then light and let burn for 3 hours (assuming it's a 3 inch diameter candle). Weigh the candle again. Now you can calculate the burn rate. i.e, if you have a 16 oz candle to begin with, and after 3 hours of burning it weighs 15.5 oz, then that means that .5 oz burned in 3 hours. Divide that by 3, so in 1 hour .16 oz burned away. Now take your original total weight and divide that by your per hour burn rate.This would give you a total burn time of approximately 100 hours. Hope this helps. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wick'n'Wax Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 *gulp*thanks lisa, didn't think it would be that easy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAndMyPuppyDog Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 ???Different size wicks burn at different rates. Some wick can burn 1g an hour and others can burn 3g an hour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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