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Basic Container Candles

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Weigh and Melt the Wax

Weigh the Wax

Weigh the Wax

David Fisher
Weigh out the wax and melt it your melt pot.

If you need to figure out just how much wax you'll need for your particular container, use this Handy Container Calculator. Each of these 8 oz jelly jar candles took about 6.8 ounces of wax.

Heat the wax to about 180 degrees.

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