A Comparison of Costs of Candle Making Ingredients



Posted: Sunday, October 04, 2009

by

Candle making recipes vary from the simple basics of wax and wicks, to wax, wicks, hardeners, dyes, oils and much more. Candle making in and of itself is a fairly inexpensive hobby to learn and enjoy.

It can start out very cheaply as you learn the basics. However, after a while, your basic learning will be satisfied and you'll be yearning for more knowledge. At this point you will start exploring all the "advanced" aspects of making candles. Now your options for additives will start to grow.

To give you an idea of what your costs are of all the various additives that can go into candles, we made this simple list of candle making ingredients and the approximate prices of each. These are just ball park prices to be used in comparison to other ingredients and will make you aware of the expenses that are involved in this hobby.

Wax Types
    Gel wax     $3-4 / lb
    Paraffin slabs     $1.5 to $2/lb
    Natural soy     $2 / lb
    Beeswax     $7-8 / lb

Candle Additives
    Fragrances    1 oz $2.50 or 1 lb for $20
    Color Dye Liquid     $5-6 oz or $40 per lb  at 0.05% lasts for about 125 lbs
    Color dye chips     $2 / per 20 chips with 1 chip/lb of wax for medium color
    Hardener      $3 – 4 / lb land lasts for about 50 lbs of wax
    Prevent fading         $20 / lb and lasts for about 300 lbs of wax
    Decrease bubbles, increase fragrance      $5 / lb and lasts for about 100-200 lbs of wax
    Fragrances     1 oz $2.50 or 1 lb for $20
    Color Dye Liquid     $5-6 oz or $40 per lb  at 0.05% lasts for about 125 lbs
    Color dye chips     $2 / per 20 chips with 1 chip/lb of wax for medium color

Containers
    Simple round metal mold seamless      $3-5 each
    Tall fluted metal molds     $10-11 each
    Floating candle molds      $9-10 each
    Glass containers with lids      $1.5 to $2 in lots of 12

Wicks
    Cotton core wicks with a round tin base (20 mm) and attached neck     $8 per 100
    Flat braid wick      10 Yards  $1.5 to $2

While this list is not "all inclusive", it lists many of the possible additives that go into candle making and should give you a fairly accurate idea of what things to look for and what they cost.

Carol Short is a candle making enthusiast who enjoys candle making, talking about candle making and teaching candle making. Her new ebook "Secrets To Scentsational Candle Making" shows you everything you need to know to make candles.

For more great information on different additives used in candle making recipes, visit www. ScentsationalCandleMaking.com.

This Article has been viewed 108 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)
» left by Anonymous 2 years 104 days ago.
Carol, "safety, safety, safety"! when making candles.
 
The hot wax will burn and leave a life time scar.
We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.