moniek Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 If I wanted to make 1- 4 oz test candle, how much oil would I use? I use j223 wax. :undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vio Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I'm going to take a guess and don't go by what I say please. Just want to see if I'm close. I'm trying to learn. Never made a candle yet but trying to learn before doing. Would it be 1.75 grams per 1 ounce of wax, if using 1 ounce fo per 1 pound of wax? Just curious if I'm getting this, and I'm going to have to do this too soon so I want to take a stab at it. Hope you don't mind my guess in here moniek. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane42 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 For this wax we used 1 oz FO per lb (16 oz of wax) so, if I were making a 4 oz candle, I would use 1/4 oz FO.HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtohaley2004 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Here is how I do mine1. I weigh out my jar (empty jar)2. I weigh the jar filled full (however full u would fill it with wax) with water3. Plug those figures in to this website: http://candleandsoap.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=candleandsoap&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.candletech.com%2Fcalculator%2Fcontainer.php4. That gives you the amount of wax you need. 5. Take this figure and multiply by whatever percentage you want. For example if you want a 6 percent fo per candle and your candle requires 240 grams of wax you'd take 240 times .06= 14.4 grams of oil6. Thus you would need 14.4 grams of oil. This may not work for everyone and everyone may not feel comfortable using it but I have used this formula from day one. The candle source referred me to this formula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcandles Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 For this wax we used 1 oz FO per lb (16 oz of wax) so, if I were making a 4 oz candle, I would use 1/4 oz FO.HTH Thats exactly how i would figure it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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