How To Find The Fill Weight Of ANY Vessel Using Water (super simple & easy!) | Candle Making Tips

[@MisterWhatWhat]

Thank you so very much for this. I am re-watching this (for the 3rd time) b/c I got a new wax melt mold. Congratulations on the pregnancy! Gurl you are glowing in your latest videos!!!

[@Rejuvenescentscandle]

Thank you Erica! Great advice. I'm getting ready to make candles and was able to use this info.

[@Malaga20001]

Thanks very much from a very cold and wet London

[@natashamatlock2502]

You just saved me today!! Thank you! I was trying to find the wax fill line in ounces for my new jar! 🎉🎉🎉

[@cbpapp]

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[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Thank you so much!! Glad to help! ☺️

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Thank you❤. Your videos are helping my candle making much easier. I just started to make candles and am from India

[@ElizabethCabral-w1r]

I absolutely love your videos! I’m just starting out and your tips help tremendously!! Thank you.

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

So glad!! ☺️

[@cbpapp]

Thank you Ladybug! I was creating some new labels in AI and I looked at the grams and thought, “that can’t be correct, even in grams?” So this video came along at the most synchronistic time! Thank you, thank you!🙏🏻. Much love to you, your family and anyone who might read this! 🙏🏻❤️🕊

[@tanyabonnett7787]

Thankyou for the tip, makes it easy for random jars

[@christinemikulanec5188]

Thank you for making this video. I’ve been putting off making a certain candle because I wasn’t sure how to figure this out 😆

[@doraharboyan2574]

Thank you 😊😊😊😊

[@gigigigi5181]

This is the best way to measure your waz weight nice and easy thanks for the tutorial

[@toniaagneessens224]

Thank you so much ❤ your the greatest. 😊

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Glad it was helpful! ☺️

[@Wrightn221]

Thanks so much! I have to teach someone how to make candles over the weekend, and that's something I have to teach them. Do I subtract the fragrance oil amount from the total?

[@levispinks2458]

Thank you Erica 🙏🏻

[@ginaamarie0]

How do you do this for room sprays?

[@Kingramze]

brilliant!

[@reneejurgensen7280]

where to you get the figure .86 when doing water fill method and would that apply to all candles regardless of size

[@UnfrendlyBlackHottie]

That’s what I’m trying to figure out too

[@ItsJessie915]

hey erica so i am having trouble figuring out how much waxx to weigh hout if i am doing 5 candles all at once and i use 8oz clear straight sided jars from unline

[@ambermorris5697]

Is rounding suggested if we get a 4 digit number ?

[@levispinks2458]

Is this the same if you’re doing grams and not ounces?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Yes!

[@MisterWhatWhat]

Came here looking for this Q&A! Thank you both!

[@jaelgarcia4576]

It’s the same for the mold?

[@luv_kaddi]

I've used it for my jars, but do you think it'll work for silicone molds for pillars? Also, have you done a "How to calculate the cost per candle?" yet? Really hope you did 🙏🏾

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

I’m sure it would! It’s just about finding the wax weight needed to make the candle! And I have some older videos talking about calculating cost of goods but I need to make a new updated one!

[@luv_kaddi]

@Memory Box Candle Co OK, thank you so much, Erica. I'll check them out, but I'll look out for a newer video whenever you decide to make one.

[@shimamuhammad4294]

@@MemoryBoxCandleCodoesn’t that change when you add the FO?

[@shaunford7452]

With this calculation in mind, what is the FO calculation?

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Your amount of wax needed multiply by % Example 3 jars at 3 oz each 3X3=9 at 6% you have 9X0.06= your total FO I hope that helped

[@lotusflower6007]

This was a great tip but can you explain why we’re using 0.86 specifically? Or can you explain the relevance of 0.86 to the equation?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

It’s the difference in density between wax and water :)

[@corrinecullen]

Hi erica thank you for this video its something I've wondered about 🙂 massive help thank you...have been watching your videos for a while now love them! Im in Australia...

[@mariaiziardiegos1961]

Hello. What if I. USE grams. Is it the same number multiplying (.86)?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

@@mariaiziardiegos1961 yes!

[@Malaga20001]

Hi Mike from London here.Great video but I dont understand where or how you got the 8.6 from?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

It’s 0.86 and it’s the difference in density between wax and water :)

[@rongibson7729]

But what about adding the fragrance measurement and this ideal is concerning wax that has already been melted, right. So is there a way to figure out how much unmelted wax equals the 7oz of melted wax or should you just experiment until you figure, say 12oz of unrelated wax equals approx. 7oz of melted wax. I am so new to this and so unknowing, lol. Thank you

[@hope-l8f]

Hi what is the 0.86 multiplication from ... is it always that number im confused lol. Thank you in advance

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

0.86 is the difference in density between wax and water :)

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Candlescience has these videos and explains that you will have some left over wax because density of water is different from wax. And they're right. I had lots of wax left over. But everything came out okay. You will need more containers.

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Okay you mentioned this! Awesome!

[@shimamuhammad4294]

Where did the.86 come from??

[@damaira898]

and how do you calculate it in grams?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

The exact same way as you would do in ounces! Multiple the number in grams by .86 :)

[@damaira898]

@@MemoryBoxCandleCo thank you Erica 😉

[@hopecarpintino6114]

What about wax melts

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

You can do the same thing with wax melts! Put your empty clamshell mold on the scale and pour water into it and then multiple that number by .86

[@ananya9135]

Won’t adding in the FO change the calculation?

[@traceytraver6586]

there is a formula for finding the FO volume. If you have 7 oz of wax and your FO is 9% lets say, the formula to find the FO is " wax in oz X FO%." 7oz X .09 = 0.63oz of FO required. To find now how much wax you'll need you would subtract 0.63oz from 7oz to find the amount of wax. WAX = 6.37oz, FO = 0.63oz. Net Weight is 7oz. Hope that helps!

[@Sherrie_Martin]

What about the weight of the F/O?

[@lorraineblack183]

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[@lyricalstorms]

What number is .86 number?

[@mamaguile7587]

Would this differ depending on the type of wax you use?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Nope :) the only wax I’m not sure about is gel wax but I’m assuming it may still work the same?

[@makissmith338]

Where you get the 0.86 ??

[@beyoncerihanna6710]

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, your formula is perfect but my scale doubled my measurements so I ended up with excess wax/fragrance 😞

[@geetha0690]

Thank you so much for the calculations. I have a doubt. If I wanted to make a candle of weight 150gms ( approx 5.4 oz) as per your calculation I will get only approx 4.6oz of melted wax. Am I correct? I am starting a candle business out here. In the lable I have to mention the oz or gms or ml whatever I am doing. I have a big confusion in this. Which weight I should mention in my brand label? The actual weight of the jar or the exact weight of my melted wax? Kindly advice. Thank you

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Weight of the wax.

[@geetha0690]

Thank you so much ❤

[@spunkgun1]

8.5 x 0.86 why not x the original weight where does the o.1 comes from

[@dustinkuklenz5318]

I've learned using 86% can be pretty inaccurate. I have used waxes that end up being anywhere from 81% to 94% density and in a large candle, using an avg of 86 can lead to leftover or not enough wax. I always figure out and know the density of the wax I'm using, but once you know that, then you can use the formula.

[@Rabeea09]

I also think it depends on the density of your wax, because it didn't workout for me either

[@therealitea]

How do you figure out the density of your wax?

[@dustinkuklenz5318]

@@therealitea I weigh 1/4 cup or 2 oz of liquid wax. I weigh out a little more than 2 oz of non melted wax and melt it down. With a 1/4 cup measuring cup on a scale, pour the melted wax until the 1/4 cup measure is full and note the weight. Say it weighs 1.75 oz, divide that by the 2oz that water would weigh and you get 87.5, so the density of your wax is 87.5%. One thing you might want to do first is determine the accuracy of the 1/4 cup. My stainless steel 1/4 cup holds slightly more than 1/4 cup. It's probably a miniscule amount of difference but just something to note. I usually have some tea light containers ready to go to pour the liquid wax into so I don't waste it. Hope that helps!

[@twistedvanilla3456]

This isn't including the fragrance oil. So if you use this method you're using too much wax because you're not accounting for the fragrance oil.

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

This method of finding the fill weight is to find your net weight number essentially. This number is used to find out how much wax and fragrance oil together is needed to make up the total fill weight (net weight)

[@twistedvanilla3456]

@@MemoryBoxCandleCo got it. Thank you so much.

[@shannonlangford8659]

.86 where did you get that number from

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

It’s the difference in density between wax and water

[@shannonlangford8659]

@@MemoryBoxCandleCo thanks!!

[@kendramiddleton7983]

With this calculation in mind, what is the FO calculation?