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Beeswax finish?

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Jodocus:
If you want to mix the wax with oil, linseed and sunflower oil wil harden over time. If you don't mind, you can also mix the wax with gasoline to get it liquid,it will dry out again (although at that point you leave the primitive and might want to prefer paraffine or stearine over beeswax, it does get harder and will not have as much dust sticking to it).
Or just take a hair dryer or hot air gun and wipe the wax on the hot wood.

4dog:
stumbled into this the other day... so i was sitting around waiting for this turd floater of a rainstorm to stop so i could head out to my blind and swat skeeters all day..i was thinking dangit it my bow is going to suffer.. i start looking for anything to get on it to help..i look over and there it is a beautiful "scentsy" burner with used up wax in the cup almost no scent left to my nose..so i think, im no deer but could work..i start scraping this wax out of the burner.and its kinda soft ,softer than beeswax..i rub it on my bow and buff it in with a paper towel ..go outside ,hold my breath,, and stick it under a stream of water from my porch roof..yank out the bow..water beading right off it..yaaaaay team ..and my wife aint just throwing it away anymore..and what little smell there is disappears as far as i can tell in a short time.  win..win

Stoker:
4Dog - My wife also has one of those scentsy things by the throne in my reading room. She told me that wax was made out of soya bean oil.. Stil would be a good water proofer..
Thanks Leroy

Pappy:
Is that 4 to 1 ratio 4 parts bees wax to 1 part oil ,or the other way around.  :-\     I have found pure bees wax get really hard over time so I mix with parafin or deer tallow when make pitch glue to soften it a bit.  :)
   Pappy

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