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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