Beeswax Cake Formula

[jimsaddler]

I got a huge chunk of beeswax from a local beekeeper, and needed to make it ino a size more useful. It was pretty hard, and didn't cut into pieces very well. I bought a couple of flexible plastic ice cube trays at Walmart. Spray the inside if each "hole" with cooking spray, which will act as a mold release agent. Slowly melt wax, and skim off any impurities that may rise to the top. Use a laddle to fill the ice cube trays. Let cool over night, drop out the wax cubes and store in zip lock bags.

Hi All

Here's my bit to chew on.

Don't adulterate Beeswax for edge finishing unless it's with a little Canubra Wax (Hard). Parafin tends to crack. good old Beeswax is a natural waterproof preservative. The main thing to remember is. Elbow Grease should be added in copious quantities if hand rubbing with a coarse canvas, Denim or Hessian Clot. Preparing your Wax. I do this regularly every 5 or 6 years. Wax comes from Beekeepers complete with all the dead Bees and bits of Honey Comb. I melt what I need over Boiling Water, usually about 2 or 3 pounds in an old Saucepan. I then pour it into small empty Tuna Cans for use for Edging or mix it with Resin and a small amount of oil for making Thread Wax for making Wax Ends. By pouring the wax into cold water and pulling it out carefully to pull as it cools until all the water has gone, then shaping it into lumps the size of Bantams eggs. This type of wax is of a yellowish Colour and is for normal work. The tins are used for Hot Waxing edges or the Wax can be released from the tin by putting it in an inch of hot Water for a minute and upending the tin when the wax starts to melt. Then use the Block to rub on the edges before burnishing.

Or for very clean Wax melt it in a big pot of Boiling Water then take the pot off the stove and let it cool. You're left with very clean Wax on the top of the Water and debris. As it cools you can ladel off clean wax into Moulds to cool. This wax is whiter in Colour and excellent for Leather and Furniture Polish also if mixed with Artists Wood Turpentine.

I hope this is of some use.

Kindest Regards.

Jim Saddler.

[Aggiebraider]

Hey Everyone,

Can someone tell me where I can get pine resin? I was able to get about 4 lbs of beeswax today and was wanting to make some cakes for waxing thread but cannot find anywhere to get more than a few ounces of pine resin. Also, about how much neatsfoot oil should I add to the mix?

Thanks,

CW

[Aggiebraider]

Nobody has any ideas?

CW

[556guy]

Nobody has any ideas?

CW

Try these guys

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?products_id=373

[Aggiebraider]

Thanks, I had found them after a good while of searching, but I thought that was a bit expensive since I need about 3 lbs of it. I was hoping to find somewhere to get it cheaper. I did find a few places to get rosin that bullriders use on their bull ropes for about $7 per lb but I wasnt sure if it would work.

CW