Methods and formulas
Each method page explains one formula in depth and lists the calculators that use it.
Methods and formulas
- Wax weight from volume: specific gravity and the ounce problemHow to turn a jar size in fluid ounces or milliliters into grams of wax with the wax's specific gravity, and why a fluid ounce is not an ounce of weight.
- Fragrance load and fragrance contentThe difference between fragrance load and fragrance content, how to find the oil weight for a wax weight, and how to find the load you actually used.
- Mold volume: cylinder, taper, block and ballHow the wax a candle mold takes is found from its measurements: volume formulas for straight and tapered pillars, cones, blocks and balls, then weight.
- Cost per candle: from weights and prices to a selling priceHow the cost of one candle is built from wax and oil weights, jar, wick, packaging, working time and overhead, and how a markup turns it into a price.