Waxing thread.

[toxo]

I couldn't find my roll of wire and before I robbed this I thought it might be worth something to someone. I needed a particular colour and it wasn't waxed so I threw this together. Wasn't 100% but that was probably down to the wax. Got me out of a bind and taught me to buy waxed threads.

[Gezzer]

What's that saying about necessity being the mother of invention .........  

My  saying is  " in a bind ,use your mind "  

[Sheilajeanne]

LOL!  I've been sewing a lot with artificial sinew lately, and the stuff is a total PITA with the way it tends to split apart. My solution was to buy the cheapest possible beeswax candle at a local craft show the other day! Buying bulk beeswax was just too expensive, as it was always in the quantities you'd need for making candles, not waxing a couple of feet of thread!  I find just running the candle along the length of the thread is good enough for waxing it.

 

Edited December 5, 2022 by Sheilajeanne

[doubleh]

I just pull unwaxed thread through a chunk of beeswax a couple or three times and, presto, waxed thread, nothing needed except both of my hands. I just started another holster and will be using this method again in a few days as I am out of pre=waxed thread..

[tsunkasapa]

5 hours ago, doubleh said:

I just pull unwaxed thread through a chunk of beeswax a couple or three times and, presto, waxed thread, nothing needed except both of my hands. I just started another holster and will be using this method again in a few days as I am out of pre=waxed thread..

 And then I burnish the waxed thread with a piece of brown paper bag.

[Klara]

My leather shop sells little blocks of beeswax for waxing threads and burnishing edges. Costs a few Euros and lasts a long time. Works mucg better in summer, though.

[Samalan]

I use half bees wax and half brewers pitch mix it by hand in a small ball and that's it small amount last a long time.

[TomE]

On 12/5/2022 at 5:59 PM, tsunkasapa said:

 And then I burnish the waxed thread with a piece of brown paper bag.

Good tip, @tsunkasapa.  Been using my fingers but this sounds better.

[doubleh]

I just hold my thumb on the thread as it comes out of the bee's wax. It seems to work well but gets a little warm if you are pulling a long piece of string or pull too fast.

[fredk]

I too just pull the thread through a small block of wax. The wax came from own bees who gave a more sticky type of wax than is normally found in the hardware stores or from leather supply shops

After pulling through the wax block I pull the thread through my finger - thumb grip to even out the applied wax