[TheForge] Question from Roger Olsen

[David Wills]

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David Wills

Dave Mudge <dave at magichammer.net> wrote:
Hi Dave, 

I do not know why but I am unable to post to 'theforge' All sent messages
come back as 
undeliverable. I have tried posting as a reply to a former message and that
does not work either. I am 
receiving messages though. Any thoughts on whether or not this is some
strange glitch within my 
computer or something else? I tried looking through all the options on the
users page but did not see 
anything there that looked like a solution. 

Meanwhile would you be willing to post the following question to the list
for me/ 

Thank you, 
Roger Olsen 
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In the Spring issue of the Hammer's Blow R. Scott Oliver from Rochester
N.Y. provided a web site 
address for Talas, a museum conservator supply company where he purchases
the wax he uses in a 
recipe with linseed oil, turpentine and Japan drier for a finish on forged
ironwork. 

I visited their web site and wanted to buy some of their acid free
microcrystalline wax. They sell 4 
different kinds of microcrystalline wax, they all have a relatively high
melting point, around 170 to 
180, but they are also rated by 'needle point' which varies from 16 / 19
to 60 / 80. I asked the 
company just what did needle point mean and they really had no clue. I
assumed needle point would 
have some relationship to hardness but I also assume melting point does as
well. Does anyone out 
there know what needle point means in this context, and whether a higher or
lower needle point would 
work best in the mixture for ironwork finish? 

Here is the web page that lists their waxes. 




http://nt.bnt.com/talas/menu.html?category=203


Thanks, 

Roger Olsen 

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