Beeswax for holster finish

[chrisash]

With large commercial companies making leather treatment products all at quite low costs, after spending years in development of their products, I am amazed that people feel they can make solutions that are better

[jimi]

So what are you adding to your beeswax to apply it?? You need to add something to get it to a paste like consistency to apply? No?? Turps,spirit??

[bcraig]

2 hours ago, chrisash said:

With large commercial companies making leather treatment products all at quite low costs, after spending years in development of their products, I am amazed that people feel they can make solutions that are better

I wonder how much better the new products are than natures products or  if for the most part the Large companies developments are merely a way to market a new product to generate cash flow.

 

[bcraig]

50 minutes ago, jimi said:

So what are you adding to your beeswax to apply it?? You need to add something to get it to a paste like consistency to apply? No?? Turps,spirit??

I will just heat the beeswax until  it is liquid then dip either a cloth or my fingers in it and apply directly to the leather.
I will have to heat it repeatedly to do this but the time and trouble it takes to do this will be part of the fun of making a holster.
Production time means nothing to me as I will be making the holster/holsters for my own use.

Sorta like when years ago I used to enjoy making my own Indian style flatbows from trees I cut myself and arrows that I made myself from the same wood that I split out from the wood,gluing turkey feathers on without using a jig,making Flemish twist bowstrings .

I enjoy doing things myself and I am thinking that making pistol holster will be a fun hobby !

Edited September 15, 2019 by bcraig

[gary jackson]

Beeswax and parrafin oil is a great sealer I use it to deter rodents in my tackroom. Just heat it enoughto mix thoroughly lt doesn`t take much heating.

Edited September 15, 2019 by gary jackson

[jimi]

Ok bcraig, but i would not advise you stick your fingers in the liquid wax...

[bcraig]

7 minutes ago, jimi said:

Ok bcraig, but i would not advise you stick your fingers in the liquid wax...

I have gotten hot beeswax on my fingers before when making mustache wax and as the beeswax first starts to turn into liquid and it did not hurt .
I would not want to dip my fingers in extremely hot liquid beeswax
The melting point of Beeswax is about 145 F but when it just starts to get soft it is much cooler.and quickly cools off.
Then buffing it by hand will cause it to get warm again and help it penetrate.
Not a ton of difference than when you get a little melted candle wax on your finger.

But thanks for the concern though .
Probably best not to dip fingers in even warm wax

[bcraig]

jimi post got me to thinking about the temps for Beeswax as I never measured the actual temperature for beeswax.
I searched on the internet and found that Beeswax starts to get a Putty like consistency at 90 degrees F or so.
 

[jimi]

Thanks for the info bcraig, let me know how you get on with the waxing of your holster.

[bcraig]

Just now, jimi said:

Thanks for the info bcraig, let me know how you get on with the waxing of your holster.

Sure jimi
Thanks for your input as well