hunibear73 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 My sister belongs to this board and recently started making lotions and soaps. I would like to make candles. I have gotten a couple of books and took a class at our community center but I know have a long ways to go before I am popping out perfect candles.One of my main questions is.... when you buy a scent or follow certain guidelines it says to add an ounce of Fragrance Oil to one pound of wax BUT.... I just read on here on a thread that you have to subtract the content of the Fragrance oil out. So then how are you adding an ounce to a pound? Because if you are taking wax out of the pound, to make up for the Fragrance, it is no longer a pound of wax, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerinarkansas Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I add 1.0-1.5 oz. fragrance oil to 1# of wax. Not sure how everyone else does it. Ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 You are looking for your total recipe to equal 100% your recipe being FOWax AdditivesDyesNow most of us do not factor in the dye amount because honestly 1 drop of dye would have to be measured in grams.The recipe you are talking aboutIs for a 7% FO load 3% additives of the wax used the rest would be waxStart here16 X .07 = 1.1214.88 is your base wax/additive partTake 14.88 X .03 = .448 round up to .45 this is your additive amountThen take 14.88 - .45 = 14.43 this is your wax amountTake and add all those numbers together14.43.451.12--------16.00 total you now have exactly 16 ounce of ready to use candle blend.Does that make sense or did I just confuse you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunibear73 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Actually when I multiply 16 by .07 I come up with 1.12Did I do something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 LOL that was my typo sorry I was using the computer calculator and trying to answer you at the same time then did not proofread my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlesprite7 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 16 - 7% = 14.88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunibear73 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 would I just take my 7 and multiply it by .16 and get 1.12 - which is the same thing you got for FO %? Then I would subtract 1.12 from 16 which equals 14.88THEN (LOL) I would multiply 3 x 14.88 = which came up with 44.64 (wich like you said round up to .45, then subtract the .45 from the 14.88 and I come up with 14.43Same as you. I guess it is just a different way of doing math. I am just not sure how you originally got the 14.88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 16 - 7% = 14.88What get me is it took so long for anyone to tell me I had made a serious typo. I usually get nailed pretty quick by member here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunibear73 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Nevermind......................... LMAO at my dorkness.... I got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 would I just take my 7 and multiply it by .16 and get 1.12 - which is the same thing you got for FO %? Then I would subtract 1.12 from 16 which equals 14.88THEN (LOL) I would multiply 3 x 14.88 = which came up with 44.64 (wich like you said round up to .45, then subtract the .45 from the 14.88 and I come up with 14.43Same as you. I guess it is just a different way of doing math. I am just not sure how you originally got the 14.88. How I got the 14.88 was subtracting 1.12 from 16 which equals 14.88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soja Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I do not get anywhere near that accurate. I just 'pour it in till it looks right' and have never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Personally I take one pound of wax add one oz oil, then have 1lb 1oz "candle mix" to work with. All that calculating is too hard on my brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I do it like Satinducky also. I was never good at % anywa y:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hunibear - who is your sister?Soja - that avatar........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunibear73 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Suds_N_Flamez.I got most of my advice and idea to make candles from her. But I don't get along with her nasty snobby business partner (who my boyfriend cheated on me with) So I choose not to involve her in me learning how to make candles. I mean my sister and I talk about it.... but I am just looking to do it for a hobby right now. And I was afraid she would sugar coat my mistakes or laugh at my questions. So I asked you guys instead. Seem weird I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunibear73 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 By the way, she is the Suds part of that name. They both use the account. But I don't see many of her posts on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 You don't need to get into complications at this point unless you insist. There are two methods, one of which is to figure your additives per pound of wax. Adding an ounce of FO to a pound of wax is fine. The "per pound" method is popular and certainly the simplest approach if you're new.The other method is to plan the percentage concentration of each ingredient, including wax, so that everything adds up to 100%. You can always use a percentage formula if you want to, but it only becomes necessary with more elaborate formulations.Often you'll hear people talk about fragrance oil as a percentage, so it's useful to know the "per pound" equivalent. In the straightforward case of just wax and fragrance, 1 oz FO added to a pound of wax closely approximates 6%. If someone says 7% the amount is 7/6 = 1.17 oz pp, 9% is 9/6 = 1.5 oz pp and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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