Gonna make me some bees wax.

**tdrumnut** · 13th October 2013, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by Old-Biker-UK

Rumnut - You might want to clean that wax before you make up the polish, looking at the picture you could well have bits of rubbish, dead bees etc in there. Just heat some water in a pan and melt the wax in it. Most of the rubbish will settle out as it cools, with the 'cleaner' wax on top.
I used to keep bees and have made shed loads of wax polish for use on the old beams in my cottage as well as the normal uses. My recipe is just wax and pure turpentine with wood stain added to colour. Shred the wax, add the turps, if you are in a hurry then warm it up, if not just leave it alone for a couple of weeks.
Like the video shows, the finish can be tweeked with various additives.
Mark

Thanks Mark I will do that , are you saying to put the water and the wax together, heat it up to melt the wax then let it cool? or can I just melt the wax then strain it?

**Big Shed** · 13th October 2013, 11:16 PM

Here is a pictorial on how to melt the wax in a water bath, or Bain Marie.

* Lovely Greens *: How to Make Natural Beeswax Furniture Polish

**tdrumnut** · 14th October 2013, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Here is a pictorial on how to melt the wax in a water bath, or Bain Marie.

* Lovely Greens *: How to Make Natural Beeswax Furniture Polish

Thanks Fred

**tdrumnut** · 17th October 2013, 05:37 PM

Well the wax finish is all made. The block of bees wax given to me weighed in at tad under 1.5kg.
I ended up with 4 jars of paste wax which I will only probably use on the metal surfaces of my machinery to keep the rust at bay. 7 jars of a soft finishing wax made with the bees wax, Blo and Turpentine which will be used for finishing anything that does not require a food safe finish. 8 jars of a food grade soft finishing wax made with the bees wax and olive oil with lemon juice for aroma and to stop the finish turning rancid, this I will use on some spoons and chopping boards which I plan on making. All up just over 4.5 kgs of finishing wax the total cost came to around $30

If I get anymore wax given to me I will try some smaller batches using colours and different oils.

**enelef** · 17th October 2013, 06:58 PM

That's a great return for the wax, and a few $$$ saved

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