Candle Making Mastery: How Much Wax Per Candle?

[@rikkicantleberry6053]

When I tell you I have watched SO many videos thinking I was stupid… I was like all I need to know is how much unmelted wax to put in my container!! No one covered this and I think it is such a general question. Thank YOU!

[@ao4618]

wow..math is not my strongest suit but, this was so well done even I understood it! Thanks!

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

I'm so thankful it helped!

[@rokyochan]

I really needed this video in my life! Thank you so much and have a great day!

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

So glad. No, YOU have a great day!

[@dmc6017]

Thank you for this. Best video for explaining this.

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deniseburke6054]

This video is brilliant... its a lot information and math lol but the best video for the technical minded. I need to know the “whys” and get it right every time.... guessing and eye balling and waste is not in my thought process lol. Thank you for the great video!

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

I'm wired the same way - I need the assurance of theory and math! So glad you enjoyed it.

[@artzacraftsbyzara9629]

Thank you so much for this informative & easy to understand video. More power to you 🤍

[@allthingsincluded.2983]

I didn't get the calculation of 2nd method, what did they do

[@sunnhi]

U have one for color mixing with liquids on the best way to test the colors before doing a batch? I can’t figure out a good way to do that without wasting a large amount of wax

[@antzyo12]

Hi I have a question. When you put the jar on the scale to weigh the water do you set your scale to “fl” or to “oz”?

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

Great question. Since I want to know an equivalent weight, I always set it to "oz" (or grams). That way I can measure my wax in the same units, whether it's "oz" or "g". Hope that makes sense!

[@E9371-r1o]

Lb Oz's right?? Not fluid oz's. ??

[@chadmikaels]

@@ArmatageCandleCompany maybe you already answered this but do we use fl:oz or lb:oz setting on the scale?

[@Mrskess]

I used to work in a cosmetics development lab, making and testing products. We had to get exact density of each product we made as even mostly water products still had some change in density when adding any other raw materials. Using the density we wound find the fill level of the bottles/jars . So I’m just thinking that adding fragrance oil to the wax, would change the density too. I suppose it’s close enough to use just density of wax, but if we were to also calculate the density of wax with added fragrance oil, it would give us more precise calculations. But then again, is it really necessary?

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

You’re absolutely right. And you *could* go all in on that, but it’s typically unnecessary when the additional accuracy results in a very small difference. Big cost for almost no gain in process improvement.

[@Mrskess]

@@ArmatageCandleCompany thats why I wondered if in candle making it doesn’t actually matter. Thank you for your response.

[@Misssha123]

That was sooo helpful thanks,

[@kyracl7318]

Hi Kevin I have question How do you know how much unmelted wax you need for your candles? Example I know my fill weight is 220g but if I need to make 1 candle for a sample I can’t figure out how much unmelted wax I need to heat. Trying to reduce waste.

[@maia3117]

okay i used this method but once the wax melts and i pour it into my jar i dont have enough wax to fill the jar to the top... does the wax evaporate or is this method flawed?

[@13XxHabsFanxX21]

So if you measure the solid wax using that formula, it should be the perfect amount of liquid wax to fill the container?

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

Yes, it should be extremely close and use most all the wax

[@chassiddywilliams3309]

Okay, did you exclude the weight of the container??????

[@johntabor2619]

Literally just need to know for every gram of water how many grams of wax I need?

[@beyoutifullyunique03]

Hi where does the 0.86 come from?

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

Good question. That's a conversion factor from water to wax. I go over it in more detail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ6QZoOPoNpqfa8 But every wax hovers in the range of 0.82 - 0.96 depending. 0.86 is a pretty good average (and at the end of the day, it gets you pretty dang close to the right amount for your containers or molds every time)

[@GB-mi3tu]

Weight is a force and is measured in Newtons, whereas mass shows how much matter there is in something and is measured in kg or g.

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

I think F=ma was my religion in college! You're 100% right. I've always thought that it's weird that we're okay with using grams (or kilograms) for weight when it really isn't equivalent to pounds... I guess that's a liberty we have when the constant of gravity stays pretty constant on earth!

[@playhard23]

Serious question.. Why wouldn't you just take your vessel, put it on the scale and fill it with melted wax to the recommended fill weight?

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

That's actually the most fool-proof method you could possibly employ. No reason you couldn't do that as it's perfectly valid. Especially if you only use a single container type. That being said, it can be logistically a minor hassle as you'd have to melt down wax strictly for a single container then pour back into a larger batch before adding fragrance or dye. At that point, who knows if you've under or over shot the amount of wax you should melt given you weren't sure how much went in to the container. AND... you only know the amount that goes into THAT container. Granted, you'd only have to do it once and it's really not a huge hassle, just a minor planning inconvenience. You might also use water since it's a lot faster to gauge an estimate because it doesn't involve melting wax in any way. Great suggestion!

[@shunwilliams6180]

Thank you so much for sharing ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ArmatageCandleCompany]

You got it! Thanks for watching!

[@johntabor2619]

Fast forward 5 minutes for anyone wondering

[@johntabor2619]

Holy crap this was drawn out