{"id":19328,"date":"2018-04-24T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:33:17","slug":"percentages-and-measurements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/guides\/percentages-and-measurements","title":{"rendered":"Percentages And Measurements When Making Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wax to Container %<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Fill container\/mould with water, measure the amount of water and round up to the nearest 10ml. Deduct 20% from that figure and that is the number of grams you need \u2013 so:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For example<\/a>:
495ml of water in the container\/mould \u2013 round up to 500ml
Deduct 20% from that figure (100) giving you 400 – so you need 400g of wax.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This method is suitable for both Paraffin wax<\/a> and Soy Wax.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Wick to Container Size<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Wedo ECO Wicks
(both wax types)<\/th>\r\n		Wedo LX Wick
(Paraffin)<\/th>\r\n		TCR Series Wick
(Soy\/vegetable wax)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 0.5 \u2013 50mm<\/td>\r\nLX 08 \u2013 40mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 15\/8 – <32mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 0.75 \u2013 53mm<\/td>\r\nLX 10 \u2013 45mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 18\/10 \u2013 32-38mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 1 \u2013 55mm<\/td>\r\nLX12 \u2013 50mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 21\/12 \u2013 39-50mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 2 \u2013 60mm<\/td>\r\nLX14 \u2013 55mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 24\/12 \u2013 51-57mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 4\/6 \u2013 65mm<\/td>\r\nLX16 \u2013 65mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 24\/14 \u2013 58-63mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 8\/10 \u2013 70mm<\/td>\r\nLX18 \u2013 75mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 27\/16 \u2013 64-75mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 12 \u2013 75mm<\/td>\r\nLX20 \u2013 80mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 30\/18 \u2013 76-83mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 14 \u2013 80mm<\/td>\r\nLX22 \u2013 80+mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 33\/18 \u2013 84-89mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ECO 16 \u2013 80+mm<\/td>\r\nLX24 \u2013 80+mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 33\/20 \u2013 90-95mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
LX26 \u2013 80+mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 36\/20 \u2013 96-108mm<\/td>\r\nTCR 36\/22 \u2013 109-115mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Wax Manufacturer Wick Recommendation<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Container Diameter<\/th>\r\nKerawax 4105<\/a> (Paraffin)<\/th>\r\nKerasoy 4170 (Soy)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
40mm<\/td>\r\nTCR21\/12 \u2013 TCR24\/12<\/td>\r\nTCR24\/12<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
50mm<\/td>\r\nTCR24\/14<\/td>\r\nTCR24\/14 \u2013 TCR27\/16<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
60mm<\/td>\r\nTCR27\/16<\/td>\r\nTCR30\/18<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
70mm<\/td>\r\nTCR30\/18<\/td>\r\nTCR33\/18<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
80mm<\/td>\r\nTCR33\/18<\/td>\r\nTCR33\/20<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
90mm<\/td>\r\nTCR33\/20<\/td>\r\nTCR33\/20 \u2013 TCR36\/22<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dye to Wax %<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The quantity used is basically up to you, a 10-gram bag is sufficient to make up to 10kg of coloured wax – this can vary depending on the intensity of the colour required. This will also vary depending on the type of wax used as natural waxes (soy and beeswax) are harder to colour with bright vivid colours this is because the colour struggles to anchor itself to the wax.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Fragrance to Wax %<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The quantity used is basically up to you, all our fragrances are high quality and specifically designed for excellent scent throw, meaning that less can be more. Generally, starting with between 5-7% (1oz per pound of wax) is a good idea and up to 10% for less strong fragrances should be enough to give you a good scent throw. It is always best to experiment with each scent and wax combination and start low and work up. If you follow this guideline<\/a> and observe the flash point you will get beautifully scented candles with a bit of practise. You should never put in more than 12% (2oz per pound of wax) fragrance as the candle<\/a> will literally begin to sweat or leach the fragrance. If you need help with measuring your fragrance, please see our Weighing Fragrance Guideline<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Stearic Acid to Wax %<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Add 10% stearin to your quantity of wax. Firstly, melt the stearin in a double-boiler or wax melting<\/a> pot. Colouring your candles? Mix the dye\/s in gradually, in tiny amounts, until you achieve the colour intensity you want. Next, add the wax. Heat the mixture up to the required pouring temperature.<\/p>\r\n

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Wax to Container % Fill container\/mould with water, measure the amount of water and round up to the nearest 10ml. Deduct 20% from that figure and that is the number of grams you need \u2013 so: For example:495ml of water in the container\/mould \u2013 round up to 500mlDeduct 20% from that figure (100) giving you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[674,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candle-making","category-faq"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}