I use paste wax, rub on, wait, buff off. It works but it's slow. I've recently seen some people just scribble a couple squiggly lines with some sort of more solid little chunk of wax, but i don't know what it is. What works for you guys?
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I use paste wax, rub on, wait, buff off. It works but it's slow. I've recently seen some people just scribble a couple squiggly lines with some sort of more solid little chunk of wax, but i don't know what it is. What works for you guys?
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Gulf Wax. You find it in the canning section of the grocery store. One box will last a lifetime.
Gulf wax. I cut one end off the carton and continue to cut the carton back as I use it.
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Awesome thank you. Bonus points because I love when i can walk into a "regular" store and buy something useful for woodworking!
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I just use tea lights, pull the wicks out and they're good to go.
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I got a bag of old candles from my mom. It should last forever.
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"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
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I mix 2/3 beeswax to 1/3 boiled linseed oil in a old muffin pan. Melt in the oven at a low temperature. Once all the wax is melted pull it out of the oven an let it cool to room temperature. It hardened to a little bit harder than a normal candle an will last years.
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I bought a little beeswax candle at the farmer’s market.
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FWIW, I find paraffin from tea candles (same as gulf wax) works considerably better than beeswax, which has a bit of tack. Even though I prefer the idea of using beeswax... I go through about one candle once every very long time.
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Oiled rag in a can, candle, Gulf wax, it all works and kinda depends on what is handy. Not worth obsessing over.
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I use both a "rag in a can" or a chunk of paraffin, cut off a block of paraffin. Trying to decide which I like better.
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I have a rag in a can, a chunk of beeswax lying around and some chunks of gulf wax. Whatever is convenient.
Packrats prefer beeswax.
~mike
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Soles will get a few squiggly lines from an old , plain candle less than a dollar at Wal E World.
To "oil" the rest of the plane....old, plain, cheap paint brush that has a "filling" of 3in1 oil.....just rub the brush around as need be.....brush is around a dollar bill, got it while getting that candle.
I also use that candle on the threads of screws....helps prevent them from snapping off in the Ash, or Oak....Candle started out as a white 6".....now down to ~4"....
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Steve, I do the same. The wax seems to have the consistency I like. It is probably no different from common long candles.
I wonder if any here have used the wax sticks sold by Rob Cosman. Several months ago I bought a few to try out - the dispenser it comes in looks so useful - and so I have been using these wax sticks. Perhaps it is because I am so used to the wax of old, but I find the Cosman wax a little more “stickier” than I like. Still persevering. ...
Regards from Perth
Derek
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