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Thread: Parrifin wax
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22nd November 2009, 12:55 PM #1New Member
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Parrifin wax
I am new here so hope this is the correct place for my question.
Where can I buy parrifin wax?
Prefer Brisbane area or other if they can send by mail.
Thanks
Poppys
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22nd November 2009, 01:09 PM #2
G'day Poppys,
Supermarket should have it in the preserving section.
They use it to cover some jars of jam.
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22nd November 2009, 01:16 PM #3New Member
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Parrifin wax
Thanks Watson
I will try them.
Poppys
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22nd November 2009, 01:20 PM #4New Member
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Thanks Watson
I will try them.
Poppys
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22nd November 2009, 01:37 PM #5Jim
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If it is just for sealing endgrain of wood I've found the cheapest way is to go into one of the cheap shops - we tend to call them $2 shops. They often have big square paraffin wax candles going very cheap.
Cheers,
Jim
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22nd November 2009, 01:57 PM #6Hewer of wood
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These guys sell paraffin wax in bulk and by mailorder: Australian Wax Co, Speciality Waxes, Beauty Wax, Depilatory wax, Manicure and Pedicure wax, Tapered Dinner Candles, Classic Pillar Candles, Hand Made Moulded candles, Waxes/Raw Materials, Paraffin wax, Microcrystalline waxes, Flaked and Beaded waxes
And if you're doing any amount of sealing it's the cheapest way to go.
I'm wary of candle wax since a hardener is added to it. With wood some flexibility helps.Cheers, Ern
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22nd November 2009, 03:37 PM #7Jim
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22nd November 2009, 03:43 PM #8New Member
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parrifin wax
Thanks to all for the help.
Poppys
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22nd November 2009, 09:22 PM #9Skwair2rownd
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Bees wax is better for sealing. It's flexible and withstands a much greater temperature range.
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22nd November 2009, 10:27 PM #10
I get mine from here, they deliver to your door.
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