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Making string wax

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osage outlaw:

--- Quote from: EdwardS on June 29, 2019, 09:00:46 pm ---I need to do this, I have the wax rings, I just need beeswax.  All mine is gone.  Does paraffin or soy wax work?  I have plenty of that.

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I don't know.  I've never tried those.

osage outlaw:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on June 29, 2019, 09:39:44 pm ---I have just used straight beeswax for a long time.  Recently found a recipe for one part resin:3 parts beeswax in the Boy Scout Archery Merit Badge book!  Haven't tried it yet,   Got to get a spare block of resin!
Hawkdancer

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I think straight beeswax would work good for a string maintenance wax.  I like a softer slightly tacky wax for making strings.  It helps keep the bundles together. 

JEB:
Good post, Clint. That is how I make it as well.

Marc St Louis:
I've never bought string wax.  My current mix is Beeswax and Vaseline

Mesophilic:
For string maintenance I use bees wax with a small amout of paraffin melted in to make it a little less sticky.

For string making I use bees wax melted with turpentine and a little resin.  It's a soft, almost creamy wax that I can work in to the string material easily.  When the turpentine evaporates it sets just like plain bees wax.

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