[TheForge] Carnauba wax (Was: Japan dryer)

[Paul]

Here are a few links to **Carnauba wax suppliers and information...

http://www.spwax.com/spcarnau.htm

http://www.essentialwholesale.com/product_p/507.htm

http://www.artmetal.com/brambush/forum/bramyak1/messages/18.html

http://www.realmilkpaint.com/carnauba_flakes.html

http://www.texasdrone.com/Beeswax-Uses

to get more technical

http://www.springerlink.com/content/nv567650770654tq/
see this for linseed oil
http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infpai/inflin.html

I tried one of the linseed oil formulas and even without the japan drier 
it catalyzed in the can I stored it in. I used a 1 quart paint can which 
was new and clean, and it still hardened in the can. Judging by the 
price of Carnauba wax I don't think that I would mix up to much at a 
time, and if you include the Japan or cobalt 'drier', which actually 
causes the linseed oil to 'harden' or polymerize, I don't think that I 
would mix more than I could use in a day or so... perhaps less. Their 
are health concerns with the various driers also...

http://whatsinproducts.com/information.php?brandNo=16-025-031

Now I'm all dried out on the subject..

-- 
Paul
WB9HCO
My Grandfather WAS a blacksmith...
and it didn't do me one damn bit of good.
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