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Just Some Measurements...Quantities...?

1 ounce = 28.35 grams

1 pound = 453.592 grams

1 pound = 16 ounces

After making a few candles and wax melts I could this information to be helpful when ordering supplies. Since Fragrance oils are often sold in ounces and waxes being sold in pounds. Knowing how much wax and FO goes into your candles can help you know...well...how much to buy. Like if 1 pound of wax and 28g of FO can make you 7 wax melts. Then you know buying 11 pounds of wax and a 16-ounce bottle of FO can make you 77 wax melts with about 5 ounces of FO left over!

Container Measurements

Okay so I'm putting all the measurements for how much wax my jars/mold can hold here. I have so many pieces of paper that have calculations on them scattered all over the place. And some of them are wrong! Because I would occasionally forget to zero out the container before weighing the water!!! So anyway, here is a list of measurements/calculations so hopefully i won't have to do this again...for these containers anyway.

>>Amber Jars from Jar Store (I probably won't get these anymore because the jar and lids together are kinda expensive. Found some slightly cheaper ones elsewhere).

8% F.O. = 13.7g , 60% Coco Apricot Creme = 103.2g, 40% Pillar of Bliss = 68.8g

I didn't have a free jar to redo the calculations but these are correct based on the...seven? candles I made already.

>>Uline Jars (I won't be using these jars anymore due to not agreeing with the owners of the company. but thankfully I found 2-3 other suppliers that have the same type of jar!)

Jar weight = 298g, water weight = 378g, Full wax = 325g Half wax = 208g

325 divided by (106%) = 306 wax 325 - 306 = 19g F.O.

172 divided by (106%) = 162g wax 172 - 162 = 10g wax

172 divided by (108%) = 159g wax 172 - 159 = 13g F.O.

325 divided by (108%) = 300g wax 325 - 300 = 25g F.O.

>>Salsa Jar from Jar Store (I probably won't buy more of this type mainly due to not liking the style. It's more tall and skinny rather than short and squat).

Jar weight = 258g. water weight = 380g, Full wax = 327g Half wax = 178g

327 divided by (106%) = 308g wax 327 - 308 = 19g F.O.

178 divided by (106%) = 167g wax 178 - 167 = 11 g F.O.

327 divided by (108%) = 302g wax 327 - 302 = 25g F.O.

178 divided by (108%) = 164g wax 178 - 164 = 14g F.O.

>>16oz jar from Fillmore

Jar weight = 288g, water weight = 382g, Full wax = 328g, Half wax = 160g

328 divided by (106%) = 309g wax 328 - 309 = 19g F.O.

160 divided by (106%) = 151g wax 160 - 151 = 9g F.O.

328 divided by (108%) = 303g wax 328 - 303 =25g F.O.

160 divided by (108%) = 148g wax 160 - 148 = 12g F.O.

>>Scoopable Jars from amazon (I didn't redo/re-check my calculation because the formula for scoopable are a bit different since they contain F.O., oils, and wax. From what I've seen the ratio between wax and oil is around 50-50. So i'm just gonna put the formal that doesn't account for the extra oil).

water weight = 196g

169 divided by (106%) = 159g wax 169 - 159 = 10g F.O.

169 divided by (108%) = 156g wax 169 - 156 = 13g F.O

I'll make another post for my silicone molds, since a lot of those molds are thin, they only need like 1g of F.O. Which makes going through the effort to calculate them seem pointless. But I suppose it wouldn't be if I had multiple of each mold, but I don't even though I probably really should.