carnanuba wax question?

[Mungo Park]

I have biught a stick of carnanuba wax for knife handle finish.
I melted it 4 parts carnanuba 1 part parifin and a tiny bit of bees wax diluted it with a equal part of mineral spirts and let it cool. This was to do the trick but alas no happiness in the frozen north. The stuff is still very hard when cool.:thumbdn: If I apply a little when melted it does not dry but stays quite tacky and seems like it all but a small amount rubs off when I buff it by hand. :grumpy: Or is this as good as it gets. (search button seems to be persona non grata).
Any ideas of where to go from here besides south?
Cheers Ron

 

[polish avenger]

I noticed you used an extra letter in your post. Try the spelling 'carnauba' or 'carnuba' and retry the search. Good luck.
-Mark

 

[Mungo Park]

oops thanks:foot:

 

[mdoyle]

Ron,
I use Ren wax, but I'm under the impression that the guys that use pure carnuba burn it on with a bufffer (just as you would buffing compound) because as you said, it is very hard.
Matt Doyle

 

[Tom Militano]

I have a buffing wheel that I load the pure carnuba wax on and then buff it onto the knife and handle. I let it sit for about five minutes, don't know if that's necessary or not, then I use a soft flannel buff to polish it.

 

[Mungo Park]

Thanks for the help, I still have a good part of the stick left I can give the buffing thing a go and mess with the "mix" if I am still intrested.
Cheers Ron.

 

[Steve Hayden]

I have a buffing wheel that I load the pure carnuba wax on and then buff it onto the knife and handle. I let it sit for about five minutes, don't know if that's necessary or not, then I use a soft flannel buff to polish it.

I burn in the pure wax with a linen buff two or three times in light coats. I just used a piece of cotton cloth ti even out the final product.

Carnuba wax is great stuff. It comes from palm leaves from Brazil and is non-toxic. If you use the pure wax, you can use it on eating utensils.

It comes in different grades. The best grade is light yellow color and is the hardest natural wax, which is why you have to burn it in. It would be a real waste to melt it and then have to buff off a lot of extra wax.

 

[Mungo Park]

The stick I have is light leather brown color, if that makes sense.
I trucked the buffer in from the -37c "shop" and I tried buffing it on today and it was quite easy, and yes I uses very little to do 3 knife handles. It went on with a much lighter color more of a yellow than brown. Well it did make my day, thanks for the help.
Cheers Ron.