CANDLE MAKING LESSON: Candle Formulas And Things You Should Know From The Start

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This one candle making lesson video can save you time and trouble making candles in the future. The methods, formulas, and info discussed can get you started on the right track. Thanks for watching as always!
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00:00 - Kicking things off
01:04 - Lesson 1 (Volume & Weight)
04:05 - Lesson 2 (Wax & Fragrance Amount)
13:40 - Skillshare
15:23 - Lesson 3 (Net Weight)
17:45 - Candle Making Resource

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If it wasn't for the fact that his voice is so calming and soothing, I wouldn't have watched this. This is Grade 7 math in Ontario, Canada. It is scary that people are making things that catch fire on purpose, and can't do basic math? God Save our planet.

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Can you please tell me where he got the 17.44 from I been lost since that part and why he divide 1.09

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Awesome. Glad it was helpful. I worry I might add more confusion by I tried to simplify yet also provide details. Lol

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Thanks so much Christopher. I appreciate that. I like teaching as much as I like doing. :)

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Love this! I work in grams but this is my math as well. I was honored to share this video already!!! Thanks for yet another awesome and educational video Wade!!!

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No problem at all. Yep...grams, ounces... doesn't matter. Whatever people prefer. And thanks for sharing. I appreciate that! :)

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@@duwaiddeanismail2114 yep. doesn't matter what unit of measurements.

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Thanks Alyssa. I don't trust apps a lot so I always do the math when creating my recipes. Then craftybase keeps ny recipe and never have to do it again. But I've seen apps spit out strange results before. Makes me nervous. 😁🤪

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Glad to help! ;)

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Thanks so much. Glad it helped!

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Thank you I was doing the first example but recently I learned example 2 but in grams so I had to covert oz into grams so now that you explained into oz it’s AMAZING!!! Same though but I like more in oz than grams Thank you so very much Sr!!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🕯

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No problem. Yes it's the same either way. You can use whatever unit of measurement you want (as long as it's by weight)

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Thank you so much for this video!! It was very helpful! Let me know where I can locate the cheat sheet - I would love to have a copy 😇