{"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<\/a> 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<\/a> 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}]}}