[TheForge] Carnauba wax (Was: Japan dryer)

[williamsiron at comcast.net]

There was an article in The Hammer's Blow a year or more ago that described a micro-crystalline wax and the recipe to make it. It's the Spring 2006 edition vol 14, #2 of The Hammer's Blow. The article is Beeswax Alternatives  The wax source is www.genwax.com 



Hope this helps. 



Mark Williams 

Snow Hill, Maryland 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca> 
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Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 2:52:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [TheForge]  Carnauba wax (Was: Japan dryer) 


> 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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