Pure Carnuba paste wax

Ed Caffrey

Ed Caffrey

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Folks,
I've been on the search for PURE carnuba paste wax for the last few months. I find lots of liquids and waxes that "contain" carnuba, but have had no luck finding 100% carnuba in paste form. Does anyone have any leads?
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Ed Caffrey
"The Montana Bladesmith"


 
ED try a local Pipe Shop I found some at one and there are lots of web sites that sell pipe making supplies .

I hope this helps

Steve45

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Lee Valley Tools carry a carnuba paste wax called "Blue Label Wax" The list of ingredients list Carnuba wax and Turpentine.

I have been using it for the past few weeks for refinishing 400 steak knives for a local steak house. Rub it on generously, let dry overnight and buff the next day on a clean wheel and you have a great finish.

They also carry bars of hard carnuba wax as well, wax the wheel and buff.

Lee Valley Tools <A HREF="http://www.leevalley.com]www.leevalley.com[/URL" TARGET=_blank>

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george
www.tichbourneknives.com</A>
[email]sales@tichbourneknives.com[/email]



[This message has been edited by george tichbourne (edited 10 September 1999).]
 
you should try butcher wax, it dries to a hard finish and can be buffed. i use it on my handles, and a blade it protects against rust well.
 
According to an automotive catalogue outfit I deal with, pure Carnauba wax is unusable by the average person. They claim that it would be in flake form, and too hard to apply. Of course, they also claim that their formulation is the highest percentage that is available. ( they do include a picture of what they claim is pure, and it sure looks like dried flakes). Caveat emptor.

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"Pure Carnuba" and "Paste Wax" are two different things. No such thing as pure carnuba paste wax.

By definition paste wax must contain ingredients to make it a paste
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You can buy pure carnuba wax, which is harder than most folks could use, but knife types usually have a buffing wheel around.

You can load the wheel and the apply it from the wheel, where the speed and friction soften the wax just enough to penetrate fairly well... plus when you stop buffing it immediately sets up again. Light final polish with almost no pressure will shine it right up, or you can give a final polish by hand.

Makes a great, hard finish, and looks terrific! Goods Luck!

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