Carnuba wax flakes

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:50 pm

They sell the carnuba wax in bags of flakes.
For what and how do you use that? Is it good stuff?

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:07 pm

Well I got no replies I did find this info

anmius · Post by **anmius** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:53 am

I for one would certainly not melt wax in a "saucepan." Because it is flammable, a double boiler is what I use.

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:53 am

anmius wrote:I for one would certainly not melt wax in a "saucepan." Because it is flammable, a double boiler is what I use.

You do know that all of that cooking oil, lard, shortening, bacon grease etc. that you toss in a skillet to fry something is also flammable don't you...

Yet we rarely give it a thought unless we forget something and it starts smoking a lot. Ask my wife how flammable a big round steak can be.

A low flame would always be best though.
A Crock-Pot might work well...

There used to be an old (about 1970) Magic Chef gas stove demo where we would turn a burner down to the lowest setting, put a pat of butter on a 6" paper plate and sit it on the burner and melt the butter without burning the plate.

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:05 pm

robinson46176 wrote:You do know that all of that cooking oil, lard, shortening, bacon grease etc. that you toss in a skillet to fry something is also flammable don't you... Yet we rarely give it a thought unless we forget something and it starts smoking a lot. Ask my wife how flammable a big round steak can be.
A low flame would always be best though.
A Crock-Pot might work well...

There used to be an old (about 1970) Magic Chef gas stove demo where we would turn a burner down to the lowest setting, put a pat of butter on a 6" paper plate and sit it on the burner and melt the butter without burning the plate.

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You just had to go and make it impossible for him to enjoy home made deep fried anything!:D

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:25 pm

No worries, Shortly after we got hitched and I was getting used to my wife's fine cooking
I put a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:13 pm

Well I just made a batch of this
Problem is I went into low sugar while doing it got weak and couldn't multiply by two.
I usually don't get weak so I knew something was wrong.
I'm not to sure how well my measuring was.
I tried a few drops of the cold pressed orange oil on an old table top in a nasty spot and it did wonders.
I have hi-hopes this will be good stuff.
I will let you know what I think after using it.

It smells good:)

For the heck of it I call it CBOO for it's ingredients Carnuba wax, Bees wax, Orange Oil
Maybe my sugar is still a bit low

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:53 am

Where did you get your ingredients??

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:56 pm

terrydowning wrote:Where did you get your ingredients??

Got them all on eBay
When these links go dead I'll edit them out just do a search then.

Carnauba Wax

Bees Wax

Cold pressed orange oil

I have a lot of bees wax but can't find it just bought more.

lightnin · Post by **lightnin** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:09 pm

When I made it up my sugar was low I may have done some bad measuring.
I had nothing the wife would approve to melt wax in so I put an empty car wax can in a pan of water on the stove.
I miscalculated how much would fit in... When I added the orange oil there was not enough room for what I needed so
I ended up about 12% short on the oil. I'll need to get more containers remelt and correct it. It does work well
it's hard to get it on a rag and it takes a lot of elbow grease to rub it in but the results are great!
The surface is slightly tacky for awhile but hardens or cures in a hour or so.
I hope when I remelt and fix the formula it'll be a bit easier to use, one could always soften it in the can with a heat gun
to get it on the rag easier.