[TheForge] Renaissance wax formula

[Saint Phlip]

Hi, guys :) It's been a while :) I just can't deal with Facebook much, or
most other social media sites, but I caught this email thread, and thought
it sounded interesting.
I think I, too, will try this formula. I have a horn mug that needs a
better seal on it, and was going to ask on one of my SCA lists, but hadn't
gotten to it yet.

So, does anyone know how long, roughly, it should take to set up?

Any ideas on the thickness of the layers?

I had been using beeswax, thanks to a deal I made with a local beekeeper,
to coat some of the leather mugs, etc, that I had made. Should I expect
this mix to behave similarly to the beeswax?

Is it food safe?

And, does anyone have any ideas about what the original recipes ( because
there would have to be more than one, given how commonly there would be a
need for such a concoction, and the varying circumstances and ecologies in
the Euro-Middle Eastern areas) might have been? Or where I might look for
suçh a thing?

I feel these are all questions we should be asking each other and ourselves.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM Mark Williams via TheForge <
theforge at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Dan,
> If you can find a source for high-grade microcrystalline wax let me know.
> I found one source as General Wax located in California. In looking through
> my collection of old containers, I found some wax I had made a long while
> ago but the spirit has gone. I'll try to melt this outdoors and mix white
> spirit with it, storing the result in screwtop glass jars so the spirits
> don't depart.
>
> Mark
> Snow Hill, MD
> ( Etc. I cut off the rest of the thread so we don't crap up everyone's
> mailboxes- St. P. )
>