Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on June 29, 2019, 05:17:34 pm
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I recently made some string wax and thought I would post some pictures. I normally get some wax from Chad at the BCY booth at the Classic. He was out this year and I am down to my last small piece so it was time to make my own. I traded for a 2 lb block of beeswax on here several years ago. I can't remember who I got it from. I used 2 of the cheap toilet bowl wax rings. They were soft and tacky. I was guessing at the mixture ratio. I broke it up into small pieces and used a pan setting in a larger pan of water on a hot plate. I let it melt slowly and added more wax as it warmed up.
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At this point it started to smell really good.
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I spooned it into small condiment cups that I've been saving for a while. I thought I would spill some if I tried to pour it. I had the perfect amount of cups. I filled every one to the top and didn't have any leftover wax. I got lucky there. I think the mix ratio is pretty close. It feels about the same as the wax I get from BCY. I'll test it out on the next string that I make. If it isn't right I can always melt it back down and add to it until it's good.
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Nice.
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That should do a quite a few strings Clint.
Bjrogg
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Knoll and BJ, remind me next year and I'll bring you guys a cup at Marshall.
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Nice Clint. Is that similar to what Chad makes. He gave me a few containers 2 years ago and I really like his wax.
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That's what I was trying for Pat. He gave me his recipe but I didn't find his brand of wax rings.
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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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on the scale, were the measurements by oz?
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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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on the scale, were the measurements by oz?
It's reading in lbs and ounces. That is the default setting on the scale. I can change it if I need to.
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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.
I don't know. I've never tried those.
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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
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.
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Good post, Clint. That is how I make it as well.
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I've never bought string wax. My current mix is Beeswax and Vaseline
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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.