I just want to give you a compliment by giving the best explanation online. I'm planning to start a candle business and so much turotial online that doesn't make sense. But your video helps a lot. thank you so much ill be watching more of your videos on your channel. and you are so kind for giving free pdf. Regards Hannah
I fill my containers with water-its accurate. Container fill volume minus fragrance oil % gives us the wax fill volume needed. Wax fill volume x 0.835=Wax in grams I use the number 0.835 to have a tiny amount extra wax left over-for my peace of mind/in case of any spillage.
That's awesome paul - I just did a video on specific gravity (which helps you find the "0.835" for your specific wax). I'd love to hear your thoughts on that one.
I’m totally in over my head, watching this was like being back at school, I didn’t understand any of it 😭 maths is not my strong point as you can probably tell 😔
Hello, I just downloaded the PDF which I am very grateful for, you can't begin to imagine thank you so much 😘. I am just a little confused by the conversion factor you gave and what I will be using it for in the calculation process. I would really appreciate your help here, thank you once again for sharing 😘
Awesome video ! Thank you so much for this explanation, it is very helpful and explicit. Thank you for the PDF , I am definitely printing it and keep it as a guide, I will start making my candles with this new math 🙏🏼🤗
I've never liked Maths and now I find out how useful they are! Thank you so much, Kevin, god bless you for sharing this! I can't understand why this video don't have one billion likes. There must be a lot of "math-haters" :P
Hi Kevin, I am very new with candle making and thinking about starting candle business lately. If you could please explain on how we can decide what percentage of Fragnance oils to use when making candles? Or does it totally depend on us? Thank you .
The only "rule" is don't overload your wax, meaning don't put more oil in than the wax you're using can hold. This is typically 6%-10% depending on the wax. Other than that, it's a matter of choosing a number and starting there for your tests. Need a suggestion? Start with 7%.
So, I get all these calculations - after watching this and a couple other videos, I'm able follow it and understand how density is used to calculate how much wax I need. My first candle pour yesterday I was way short on wax using 86% as the density estimate. I scratched my head, double-checked my calculations and then shrugged my shoulders. After a 2nd pour using a density estimate of 94%, I was still a little short. Third try, I weighed the candle as I was pouring the wax. I poured it to the exact same spot as where 6 fluid oz of water comes up to and my wax weighed 5.76 oz. That means the density is 96%? Is that possible? I'm working with 464 soy wax and no FO, just to take that out of the equation. Are the laws of physics wacky in my kitchen, or do I have wacky wax? Or is 96% the normal density for this type of wax? The wax came from Pro Candle Supply.
Why are you dividing by 1+f? This is slightly different than the actual percentage. Is this to account for the difference in density between the wax and fragrance oil?
Great and helpful video! Silly question though, when you say that we need to fill the container with water, do you mean up to the brim, or just until the level we ideally want our wax to reach? thank you!
Hello could you help me please so I made a (16 oz) candle and I poured 308 grams of wax into the jar which was perfect. But my question is since my jar just holds 308 grams of wax how do I go by calculating it to find how much fragrance I need? And if I wanted to make to make three 16 oz jars how do I calculate that including the fragrance oil please help me break it down in depth? I want to use 12 percent of fragrance oil.
i still don't understand why we calculate total wax weight by dividing the Total Weight by the sum of 1 plus fragrance load. I'm probably just bad at maths :') can someone explain :(
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You taught this very well with great
in-depth info! I certainly needed this and happy I found your channel, recently!
I just want to give you a compliment by giving the best explanation online. I'm planning to start a candle business and so much turotial online that doesn't make sense. But your video helps a lot. thank you so much ill be watching more of your videos on your channel. and you are so kind for giving free pdf. Regards Hannah
Thank you, Hannah! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
I fill my containers with water-its accurate.
Container fill volume minus fragrance oil % gives us the wax fill volume needed.
Wax fill volume x 0.835=Wax in grams
I use the number 0.835 to have a tiny amount extra wax left over-for my peace of mind/in case of any spillage.
That's awesome paul - I just did a video on specific gravity (which helps you find the "0.835" for your specific wax). I'd love to hear your thoughts on that one.
I’m totally in over my head, watching this was like being back at school, I didn’t understand any of it 😭 maths is not my strong point as you can probably tell 😔
Hello, I just downloaded the PDF which I am very grateful for, you can't begin to imagine thank you so much 😘. I am just a little confused by the conversion factor you gave and what I will be using it for in the calculation process. I would really appreciate your help here, thank you once again for sharing 😘
Awesome video ! Thank you so much for this explanation, it is very helpful and explicit. Thank you for the PDF , I am definitely printing it and keep it as a guide, I will start making my candles with this new math 🙏🏼🤗
I've never liked Maths and now I find out how useful they are! Thank you so much, Kevin, god bless you for sharing this! I can't understand why this video don't have one billion likes. There must be a lot of "math-haters" :P
Not gonna lie.... I love math hahahaha
@@ArmatageCandleCompany XD
Thank you for the lesson. :)
This video was so helpful thank you 🙏🏻
Just found you. Just subscribed.
hello sorry I don't understand what it mean the "1" in the magic formula ?
Hi Kevin,
I am very new with candle making and thinking about starting candle business lately. If you could please explain on how we can decide what percentage of Fragnance oils to use when making candles? Or does it totally depend on us? Thank you .
The only "rule" is don't overload your wax, meaning don't put more oil in than the wax you're using can hold. This is typically 6%-10% depending on the wax. Other than that, it's a matter of choosing a number and starting there for your tests. Need a suggestion? Start with 7%.
@@ArmatageCandleCompany thank you 😊
Thank you
So, I get all these calculations - after watching this and a couple other videos, I'm able follow it and understand how density is used to calculate how much wax I need. My first candle pour yesterday I was way short on wax using 86% as the density estimate. I scratched my head, double-checked my calculations and then shrugged my shoulders. After a 2nd pour using a density estimate of 94%, I was still a little short. Third try, I weighed the candle as I was pouring the wax. I poured it to the exact same spot as where 6 fluid oz of water comes up to and my wax weighed 5.76 oz. That means the density is 96%? Is that possible? I'm working with 464 soy wax and no FO, just to take that out of the equation. Are the laws of physics wacky in my kitchen, or do I have wacky wax? Or is 96% the normal density for this type of wax? The wax came from Pro Candle Supply.
Why are you dividing by 1+f? This is slightly different than the actual percentage. Is this to account for the difference in density between the wax and fragrance oil?
That was so good!
Great and helpful video! Silly question though, when you say that we need to fill the container with water, do you mean up to the brim, or just until the level we ideally want our wax to reach? thank you!
Not silly - fill your container up with water to the same level you'd fill your wax.
@@ArmatageCandleCompany thanks for the clarification! I'll try this out for my next batch
@@gofightblueandwhite best of luck!
Thank you, this helped me a lot 💖
Yes! Thank you so much! This is exactly it 😊
Awesome! Go forth and conquer!
Hello could you help me please so I made a (16 oz) candle and I poured 308 grams of wax into the jar which was perfect. But my question is since my jar just holds 308 grams of wax how do I go by calculating it to find how much fragrance I need? And if I wanted to make to make three 16 oz jars how do I calculate that including the fragrance oil please help me break it down in depth? I want to use 12 percent of fragrance oil.
so is the method I was told wrong..1 pound of wax= 16oz, at 10% fragrance load, 1.6oz of fragrance. that's the amount to use?
Ugh.. I dont get it.. my jar can contain 250g of water but after calculations it turns out I only need 214 TW ?.
Right, and only because water weighs more than wax, and we want them to fill the same volume.
@@ArmatageCandleCompany Yeah thank you I already figured it out haha I had a little brain lag... thanks for answer.
Does this formula of computing fragrance oil is same with essential oil?
Yes!
i still don't understand why we calculate total wax weight by dividing the Total Weight by the sum of 1 plus fragrance load. I'm probably just bad at maths :') can someone explain :(
Hello does the same formula applies to essential oil? Thanks :)
Yes
@@ArmatageCandleCompany thank you :))
Where did you get the 1.075?
Same question..🥲😶😶
This comes from 1+f shown in the lower left equation
1+f
1+0.075 = 1.075
So helpful but 8 totally feel dumm i cant understand 😅
Simpler just use .86 instead of 3 / 3.5