Bill Powell asked what is a good price for wax for dipping.
Last I ordered:
Paraffin Wax SP 173 @ $3.75 kg / $1.70 lbs
Microcrystalline Wax SP 16W @ $7.55 kg / $3.43 lbs
Professional advice was that paraffin alone does not provide adequate
protection, it cracks with freeze/thaw cycles and after time water will
leak to the wooden ware. Recommended was a 50:50 mixture of paraffin and
microcrystalline wax. The 50:50 blend supposedly produces a more elastic
coating for the wooden ware. This was all beyond my pay grade, but I
followed the 50:50 advice.
$.75 a pound, is less that half what I paid for paraffin, and less than a
quarter of what I paid for microcrystalline wax. But will the product you
are buying provide the protection you want?
Any sage advice out there?
Aaron Morris - thinking it sounds too good to be true!
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