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Help with soy container calculations and wick suggestions


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i just bought some apothacary (spelling?) containers from michaels but the size wasn't on the jar . so i came home, adjusted my scale, and put water in one of the small jars and it holds 2.5 oz of water and the larger one holds 3 times that (7.5 oz). but i'm pretty sure wax and water arent the same weight (or am i wrong? i've never been good at math!). so how should i measure the amount of wax to put in the jar? by the same amount of water it held?

also, what is a good wick recommendation to use in these glass jars with soy wax?

and what is a good wick recommendation to use in a round metal tin (that also held 2.5 oz of water) with soy wax?

thanks!

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Hi Alycia. Multiply the water weight by .89 to get the wax weight.

(Note to onlookers...that factor is specifically for soy. Paraffin is more like .86)

Wicking for soy can vary quite a lot depending on the specific wax. Better if someone who's used the same thing answers that question.

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