[TheForge] Carnauba wax (Was: Japan dryer)

[Mike Spencer]

> Mike..did you apply the carnauba  mixed with other oils or waxes?

Yeah.  Melted it together with a little linseed oil.  Not enough to
make it soft and pasty but a little less hard.  Almost alway applied
it with torch heat to flow it into crevices and surface textures.

Off and on, I fooled around with different mixtures including adding
beeswax and/or turpentine.  I've also use commercial paste wax.  I
forget the brand and don't know if that particular kind is still
available.  It claimed to contain carnauba wax.

> Read somewhere that the carnauba was kinda brittle..

Yes, brittle and very hard.  Also, any excess straight carnauba that
melts and collects in crevices tends to look crusty and white and has
to be re-melted, tooth-brushed, scraped off or otherwise tediously
dealt with.


FWIW,
- Mike

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