[TheForge] Carnauba wax (Was: Japan dryer)

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Thanks Mike;
A while back i found a supplier of second grade carnauba who was only 
willing to sell in 55 gal drums...for a reasonable price, 
considering..but then i would find myself in the retail wax 
business...not where i wanted to go.

Mike Spencer wrote:
>> 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
>