Candle Wax Calculator

Free candle wax calculator: water weight × 0.86 gives wax per container, fragrance oil at 6–10% load, and cost per candle. An 8 oz tin takes 6.88 oz.

Candle Wax Calculator

Number of Candles

Container Fill (fl oz water weight)

Fragrance Load (% of wax)

Wax Price ($/lb)

Fragrance Oil Price ($/oz)

Wax Needed

5.16 lb

Wax per Candle

6.88 oz (195 g)

Fragrance Oil

6.60 oz (187 g)

Materials Cost (wax + FO)

$39.73

Per Candle

$3.31

ℹ️ Fill your vessel with water, weigh it, and use that fluid-ounce figure — wax weighs about 86% of the same volume of water. Fragrance load is a percentage of WAX weight, not total weight.