How Much Wax for a 16 oz Candle?
A 16 fl oz container filled to about ½ inch below the rim takes roughly 11.96 oz of soy wax and 0.96 oz of fragrance oil at 8% fragrance load (339 g and 27 g). Filled to the brim it would hold about 14.35 oz of melted soy wax.
Open the calculator for 16 oz jars
By wax type (one candle)
| Wax | Wax | Fragrance oil | Burn time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soy wax (container) | 11.96 oz 339 g | 0.96 oz 27 g · 8% | 84–108 h |
| Coconut or coconut-soy blend | 11.96 oz 339 g | 0.96 oz 27 g · 8% | 84–108 h |
| Paraffin-soy blend | 11.96 oz 339 g | 0.96 oz 27 g · 8% | 72–96 h |
| Paraffin (container) | 11.79 oz 334 g | 0.83 oz 23 g · 7% | 59–83 h |
| Beeswax | 13.29 oz 377 g | 0.53 oz 15 g · 4% | 106–133 h |
Filled to about 90% of brim capacity, each wax at its typical fragrance load. Burn times are rough estimates.
Batch amounts for 16 oz soy candles
| Batch | 6% fragrance | 8% fragrance | 10% fragrance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 candle | 12.2 oz wax 0.7 oz oil | 12.0 oz wax 1.0 oz oil | 11.7 oz wax 1.2 oz oil |
| 6 candles | 4 lb 9 oz wax 4.4 oz oil | 4 lb 8 oz wax 5.7 oz oil | 4 lb 6 oz wax 7.0 oz oil |
| 12 candles | 9 lb 2 oz wax 8.8 oz oil | 8 lb 16 oz wax 11.5 oz oil | 8 lb 13 oz wax 14.1 oz oil |
| 24 candles | 18 lb 4 oz wax 17.5 oz oil | 17 lb 15 oz wax 23.0 oz oil | 17 lb 10 oz wax 28.2 oz oil |
| 48 candles | 36 lb 9 oz wax 35.1 oz oil | 35 lb 14 oz wax 45.9 oz oil | 35 lb 4 oz wax 56.4 oz oil |
Melt about 5% extra wax to cover what stays in the pouring pitcher.
Why it's less than 16 oz
A 16 oz jar is labeled by how much liquid it holds. Melted wax is lighter than water (soy is about 0.86 times as heavy), and you'll stop pouring below the rim so the wick has room. That's why a "16 oz candle" usually holds noticeably less than 16 oz of wax by weight.
For the most accurate number, fill your jar with water to the line where you'll stop pouring, weigh the water, and enter it in the calculator as "oz of water (weighed)".
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