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| Hi everybody! I'm relatively new to candle making. I've made some candles for Christmas with the FOs and they turned out pretty good. Well, now I want to make more to sell. All I did was poured a random amount into the wax. That's probably a no no ha! What I don't quite understand is the percentage of oil you use to wax. I see people talk about how they add 2-3% oil to a pound of wax. Exactly how much oil is that and how do you figure that out? Thank you in advance! |
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| Generally speaking, you can add 1 ounce of oil to 1 pound of wax. You can weigh out the oil, or just keep it simple and add 2 tablespoons. |
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| Would that mean the 1 ounce would be the 10% they are talking about? |
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| Yes, that is what I mean. |
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