John wrote:

> Going on Tony's recipe of 1 cup of each of the three ingredients, I  took a
> cube of beeswax that displaced 1 cup of water (cube of wax was 2.5 x 2.5  x
> 2 inches), put it in the freezer overnight, grated it into fine shavings
> using  an ordinary hand food grater, and put these shavings into a jar
> along
> with 1 cup of fresh mineral spirits.  The resultant mixture appears to be
> the consistency of peanut butter to which a generous handful of coarse
> sawdust  has been added.  There is nothing approaching a solution.  In
> fact,  not
> even all of the wax particles have been wetted.
>
> Do I just wait and see what happens, do I add more mineral spirits (say 1/2
>  cup more), and then should I increase the amount of BLO to 1.5 cups?

Maybe I missed it, but did you add the BLO too?
When I've done it, the result was a thick liquid.  You might try warming it
(carefully) just a little.  I was never patient enough to let it sit and
dissolve.  Plus, is it possible that some of it is still frozen?

~Jeff
in Memphis, TN
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Going on Tony's recipe of 1 cup of each of the three ingredients, I took
a cube of beeswax that displaced 1 cup of water (cube of wax was 2.5 x
2.5 x 2 inches), put it in the freezer overnight, grated it into fine
shavings using an ordinary hand food grater, and put these shavings into
a jar along with 1 cup of fresh mineral spirits. The resultant mixture
appears to be the consistency of peanut butter to which a generous
handful of coarse sawdust has been added. There is nothing approaching a
solution. In fact, not even all of the wax particles have been wetted.

Do I just wait and see what happens, do I add more mineral spirits (say
1/2 cup more), and then should I increase the amount of BLO to 1.5 cups?

As always, thanks for your guidance.

Cheers, John

John M. Johnston, "There is a fine line between hobby and mental
illness." Dave Barry

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I'm not familiar with adding saw dust to the mix.  What benefit does that
provide?
Jim

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> Subject: [OldTools] Beeswax/Turp/BLO mixture question
> 
> Going on Tony's recipe of 1 cup of each of the three ingredients, I  took
> a
> cube of beeswax that displaced 1 cup of water (cube of wax was 2.5 x 2.5
> x
> 2 inches), put it in the freezer overnight, grated it into fine shavings
> using  an ordinary hand food grater, and put these shavings into a jar
> along
> with 1 cup of fresh mineral spirits.  The resultant mixture appears to be
> the consistency of peanut butter to which a generous handful of coarse
> sawdust  has been added.  There is nothing approaching a solution.  In
> fact,  not
> even all of the wax particles have been wetted.
> 
> Do I just wait and see what happens, do I add more mineral spirits (say
> 1/2
>  cup more), and then should I increase the amount of BLO to 1.5 cups?
> 
> As always, thanks for your guidance.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 
> John M. Johnston,
> "There is a fine line between hobby and  mental illness." Dave Barry
> 
> **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to
> School
> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=h
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FWIW, I thought it was turpentine (tree product), not mineral spirits 
(petroleum product).  Don't know that it would make a difference.

Steve
aKg

Jeff Thieme wrote:
> John wrote:
>
>   
>> Going on Tony's recipe of 1 cup of each of the three ingredients, I  took a
>> cube of beeswax that displaced 1 cup of water (cube of wax was 2.5 x 2.5  x
>> 2 inches), put it in the freezer overnight, grated it into fine shavings
>> using  an ordinary hand food grater, and put these shavings into a jar
>> along
>> with 1 cup of fresh mineral spirits.  The resultant mixture appears to be
>> the consistency of peanut butter to which a generous handful of coarse
>> sawdust  has been added.  There is nothing approaching a solution.  In
>> fact,  not
>> even all of the wax particles have been wetted.
>>
>> Do I just wait and see what happens, do I add more mineral spirits (say 1/2
>>  cup more), and then should I increase the amount of BLO to 1.5 cups?
>>     
>
>
> Maybe I missed it, but did you add the BLO too?
> When I've done it, the result was a thick liquid.  You might try warming it
> (carefully) just a little.  I was never patient enough to let it sit and
> dissolve.  Plus, is it possible that some of it is still frozen?
>
> ~Jeff
> in Memphis, TN
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