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This is tough to find, round here!

That will probably last you a good while.
When you do run out, Iv'e fund that toilet wax rings are excellent substitutes.

Gene Howe wrote:That will probably last you a good while.
When you do run out, Iv'e fund that toilet wax rings are excellent substitutes.

I too use the toilet bowl wax rings, I think the last one I picked up was about $2 and it lasts a long long time........ I do have a couple of bees wax sticks but they were expensive but still more portable when that is important.

Ed

I just go next door to the neighbor that is a bee keeper. He usually has more than enough Bees wax. Just mold it into a ball and I'm good to go.

Tough to find? What part of the World are you located? Iceland?

You could up date your personal information to show your general location.

charlese wrote:Tough to find? What part of the World are you located? Iceland?

You could up date your personal information to show your general location.

Not sure I want to update my personal info. Especially when some of you folks are harsh towards me.

Yes, tough to find. Bees wax is only harvested in the fall, round here and what was available, late 2014 and earlier 2015, it is mostly already purchased!

Tough to find except at places like amazon.com where they have it year around and can ship it out to you......

http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Beeswax-un ... ds=beeswax

This stuff should be plenty good for making your own finishes or for most other woodworking related uses. My main uses are lathe work(dead center) and lubrication for screws and the toilet bowl version is plenty good for that and at a far cheaper price. I'm not in to making other things out of it like hand cream or cosmetics.

If you are referring to people being harsh and you are referring to me and your flaming gasoline powered sanding disk removal stunt then I'm guilt as charged. You do something dumb and post it it will likely be challenged by someone here. It is called being responsible.

Now I personally like to see how inventive you are (minus the fire bits). You certainly have talent and it nice to see you using it for creative purposes.

It is up to you if you want to advertise/post your location or not, I highly doubt doing so or not doing so which change much here. A lot of us do provide the information but certainly not everyone.

So how do you use your beeswax?

Ed

ExtraMile wrote: Not sure I want to update my personal info. Especially when some of you folks are harsh towards me.

Oh shoot, Extra! I know your city, as you have posted it, but why not put it in your personal info.?

Your inventiveness and creativeness have both, surprised and awed me. In short, the number of different projects you have whipped out, in a short time, is way more than most of us even think of.

Not that I can endorse every one of your creations, but different folks have differing desires.

Please don't let criticisms get you down, even Thomas Edison made hundreds of inventions that didn't work.

This forum has been recognized as a very friendly place. Some of us will critique your efforts or posts, but no one will call you names personally. I have read posts where it was said 'that procedure was risky', or 'here's a recommendation'. Those comments were all made as an effort to help - not hurt! Safety is usually one of the largest goals of forum members.

reible wrote:Tough to find except at places like amazon.com where they have it year around and can ship it out to you......

http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Beeswax-un ... ds=beeswax

This stuff should be plenty good for making your own finishes or for most other woodworking related uses. My main uses are lathe work(dead center) and lubrication for screws and the toilet bowl version is plenty good for that and at a far cheaper price. I'm not in to making other things out of it like hand cream or cosmetics.

If you are referring to people being harsh and you are referring to me and your flaming gasoline powered sanding disk removal stunt then I'm guilt as charged. You do something dumb and post it it will likely be challenged by someone here. It is called being responsible.

Now I personally like to see how inventive you are (minus the fire bits). You certainly have talent and it nice to see you using it for creative purposes.

It is up to you if you want to advertise/post your location or not, I highly doubt doing so or not doing so which change much here. A lot of us do provide the information but certainly not everyone.

So how do you use your beeswax?

Ed

'toilet bowl version' is no longer made out of beeswax. It is something else.


'So how do you use your beeswax?'
I have yet to use any, but I do intend to use it for lathe work as well as my leather working (running my thread across it, to make the stitching tighter)!

I guess I didn't make myself clear. Toilet bowl ring is not beeswax (but at one time they did use beeswax along with some other ingredient to make is softer). But beeswax for a lot of woodworking projects is pretty expensive as compared to using a substitute which is a wax toilet bowl ring. Now they have a lot of rings out there so you still need to make sure you are buying a wax version.

As I mentioned it seems to work fine for things like lubrication for a dead lathe center and for installing screws. I don't do leather work so I can not speak to that.

The sticks I have that are actually beeswax are quite stiff in comparison to the bowl rings and are a lot harder to use on screws except on really hot days when the beeswax softens. So I like the rings better for that task as it stays soft even at pretty low temperatures. It also come in a tray which is handy to dip into. Here is the new one I purchased within the last couple of weeks.
If you have to have beeswax then disregard this discussion.


So I hope this clears up the discussion.

Ed