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Post by Packdog on Jul 13, 2004 14:14:41 GMT -5
Hey guys (Sorry Trina)and gals, Everybody stop building all the sudden? Anyway, since it's slow I would like to know if anyone has played around with a bees wax finish? Saw a gun at Friendship done that way and like it. Was to crowded to get any information so I'm hoping someone here can help me out with the how to part and the pluses and minuses.
Packdog
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Post by Fatdutchman on Jul 14, 2004 17:35:01 GMT -5
I've never done a wax-alone finish. I do wax over boiled linseed oil. Whether or not it really does any good, I don't know. It looks fine, though. I would think the major "pro" would be the ease of finishing and "touchup". The "con" might be the lack of weather resistance.
By the way, don't use paraffin wax. It gets soft and melts at a much lower temperature than beeswax and in hot weather, it could get soft and funky feeling (by the way, not all "beeswax" is really beeswax. You can tell by the smell. I have gotten cakes of wax that were obviously not real beeswax, but paraffin wax, perhaps mixed with beeswax, and colored yellow.)
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Post by Packdog1 on Jul 14, 2004 17:42:06 GMT -5
Chris,
How do you apply the wax? You have to heat something right?
Packdog
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Post by Fatdutchman on Jul 14, 2004 20:55:22 GMT -5
Some people melt it into turpentine. I will heat a chunk of it with a heat gun and let it drip onto the stock, doing a section at a time. Then, I will heat the stock and wax, and rub it out with a paper towel (those invaluable paper towels), letting it soak in all over. When satisfied, I heat it a little to get the surface liquid and wipe off the excess with a clean paper towel. That's it....actually, thats virtually the same procedure I used to use to wax pieces of cloth for patching!!!
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