beeswax uses

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Hey guys,

I've been able to get 1Kg of purified beeswax cheap. What uses do you have for pure beeswax?
Impreganate cottonballs? Melt some, and rub it in your leather sheath?

Who can help me with this one? It can't be possible, that there are not some fantastic uses for beeswax?

Thanks,
CZ
 
It's a good waterproofing for wood
seal a water container
it makes nice candles
aids in fire starting...etc.
 
Does a great job of waterproofing your boots. I treated my wifes with beeswax, and mine with the spray can waterproofing. We went to sleding in the snow, and miy feet were soaked to the bone and the leather noticably dark from being wet. Hers were bone dry and the exact same color as always.

Basically it makes leather impregnible whether it be boots, knife sheaths, etc.

Were did you get yours? Or was it a one time deal?

I've been looking for a place to get lots of beeswax for cheap.
 
Were did you get yours? Or was it a one time deal? I've been looking for a place to get lots of beeswax for cheap.[/QUOTE said:
Stingray,

Looking at your location, I can give you information, but I bet that shipping is going to kill you. Europe > United States is killing on shipping when you have a good deal.

I payed about $10 a Kg.

I allways thought that Beeswax was making leather waterproof, but stopped the breathability (spelling?) of the leather. Like making your boots waterproof out AND inside, so it gives sweaty feet?

Keep tips coming!
CZ
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I use beeswax for waterproofing/treating my leather sheaths. I make a mixture of beeswax, paraffin, and neatsfoot oil. The correct mixture is somethng like, alot of beeswax, some paraffin, and a decent shot of neatsfoot oil. Sorry but that's about as scientific as I got.

If the leather doesn't have the correct properties (if you like the result) when cool then just add what it lacks (OK about 60 % beeswax, 30% neatsfoot oil, 10% paraffin, but I'm just guessing) You could look it up on the internet for someone else's mixture. This treatment will darken the leather and make it semi-rigid.

I keep my mix in a large metal cup and when I want to treat a piece of leather I just put the cup in a double boiler on my camp stove until the block melts again. It takes about 5-10 minutes.

It is also a nice soft wax to dip match heads in for waterproofing. Mac
 
I use 50 % beeswax and 50 % neatsfoot oil for leather dressing. I melt it in a plastic container in the microwave.
 
Whatever you do, don't become impatient and throw it out. That stuff is expensive in the hardware stores.
 
I make my own herbal medicins, I use beeswax to help make them into a salve, A lot of over the counter salves have beeswax in them. read the lables on some alot of lip balms use beeswax. very good stuff!!
 
Years ago I once polished my car with some, it took an eternity to rub off and buff up but water just rolled right off for ages after !!!
 
It's expensive in Micheal's also. I forgot what I paid for the 1 pound yellow block I have, but I think it was some where near the $10 range.

Also if you are going to use Beeswax outside the house make sure it's unscented. The yellow wax still has that wonderful smell of honey. I believe the white beeswax is filtered more.
 
I use a 50/50 mix of bee's wax and ford moly axel grease in place of alox for my home cast bullets . i've gone over 1800 fps with 30/30 win. and 30/40 krag with less smoke than Alox and no bore leading
 
CHeap beeswax is toilet bowl rings in the hardware store. just read the labels till you find the ones that are 100% or 95% the 95% will have some additive but if you slow cook it in a double boiler it seems to boil off and not be a problem.

Toilet bowl rings run about 2 bucks a piece for a pound and a half or so.

Beeswax will work for whole lot of things, I use it for screw lube when driving wood screws into hard wood.

food safe cutting board protection.

I rub twine down with it, for sewing tarps and sails

If you heat a shovel and rub a block of bees wax on it, the snow will not stick to it. Clay falls off better too from the garden spade.

It will make vacuum cleaner belts stop slipping and smelling up the house.

it works longer and better than oil in keeping doors and drawers moving smoothly and quietly

If you have to stick small parts in place while assembling something, say keeping a washer in place while inserting a screw or bolt when only one hand is available, use a dab of bees wax as a temporary adhesive.

keeps ball bearings in place when assembling bike hubs.

spoke and cable lube for bikes.

lots more stuff
 
cssims said:
It's expensive in Micheal's also. I forgot what I paid for the 1 pound yellow block I have, but I think it was some where near the $10 range.

Also if you are going to use Beeswax outside the house make sure it's unscented. The yellow wax still has that wonderful smell of honey. I believe the white beeswax is filtered more.
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They sell beeswax at Michaels craft store? Is it pure beeswax or does it have anything else in it?
 
The best use I had for beeswax was fabricating it into a turd. It was from a beekeeper friend and was a combo of yellows and browns.
It looked like a dog pile and I stashed it in a bookcase by my front door. On a return from the grocery store, the wife and kids, 8 and 12 years old, were getting bags of food while I unlocked the house. I placed it near the front door and when they came in I told them to watch out because the dog crapped on the floor . I acted quite peeved. It was a convincing set-up because our dog, a Great Dane had once actually crapped in the same area months before when we were gone all day. They walked gingerly around it and I got a few paper towels and picked it up. I said "I think it's dog shit", and then took a bite from the pile , spit it out with a horrified look on my face and said, "Yeah, it's dog shit!" The look on their faces was, as the old cliche goes, PRICELESS. My son just had a frozen stunned look and my daughter, after a few seconds, just burst out laughing like an opera singer.
Oh the good times. I pulled the same gag on the guys at work. Oh joyous bees!
 
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