Thread: removing bees wax

surely one of you timber freaks would know how, or is my question too boring for an answer? any help would be appreciated, I coated the piece with bees wax while slow drying over the last 2 years, have managed to sand most off, but need to remove the bits i cant sand.
Cheers Glenn

Try a hot air gun and see if it will melt and run out

Not being a timber freak I can't guarantee it works but, an old method was to use vinegar.
Jim

ps a warning. Try it on wood of the same type first and don't let it get near any ferrous metal or you'll have black stains.

Cheers for the ideas! Will post pics when I can find the method, can you direct me to a thread re posting pics, cheers all

Originally Posted by dhubilant

Cheers for the ideas! Will post pics when I can find the method, can you direct me to a thread re posting pics, cheers all

Have a read here.

White spirits and a toothbrush. As stated, vinegar can stain some timbers.

Make a pad of paper towel, use a warm (not hot) iron (the thing for pressing clothes). Most waxes melt in the range of 55-65C. The paper towel will soak up the melted wax. Repeat until you can't see a stain on the paper towel.

WIP so far not your usual piece but good fun, thinking of a glass top for it and using the bowl below as a feature with random objects inside any ideas there?
Cheers Glenn.
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this is the root of a tree I dug from a neighbors garden, not sure what type of tree but from memory it was a red flowering gum or eucalypt, it was a bit rotten inside from the ants and woodrot, after removing all the rot and sanding back this is the result, a beautiful piece of colour,it was coated in bees wax for 2 years while drying as you can see in the small holes and now its ready for its creation into something, I first was going to use it as a base, but I will loose one side doing that, so the idea of the table came up, any other ideas would be welcomed as it is a beaut bit of wood and should be shown off IMO, the hole in the middle is where the tree grew from. It is about 700mm wide and 300 deep
cheers Glenn

Very nice piece of burl

I like the idea of the glass top but woud not bother with the random objects - would make it look messy and I would hate to hide that beautiful wood

Is there any way you might think of to use a round mirror as a shelf underneath to show off the bottom?

Thanks for your ideas fellas, I was wondering if any of the UBeaut products would be suitable for bringing out the best in the burl? I have been using Cabots Danish oil or sikens cetol and having ok results but would like a superior finish on this one