Hi Peter and  All
 
I  don't know if the recipe Iam giving is for leather dressing as I
don't know what that is,but  I recently spoke to a British ex-pat who
used to use this recipe in the UK and wanted some of my wax to make
some here. He showed me how he did it.
 
Basically one takes  a unit of beeswax (say 250grams/half a pound)
and then melt it, but only just to melting point - it should be sort
of forming a little film on the top. Then pour some pure natural
mineral oil (thats the stuff made from boiling pine trees  - it
unfortunately costs a lot more than the synthetic one made from
boiling fossilized pine trees/coal). Not very much, about an eighth
to a little more of a cup. Beat it with a spoon. One should get
something a bit like dubbin/toothpaste with a nnice smell and sort of
waxy colour -it  goes about a shade lighter.
 
Hope that helps.
 
Keep well
 
Garth
 
Garth Cambray           Camdini Apiaries
Grahamstown             Apis mellifera capensis
Eastern Cape Prov.
South Africa
 
Time = Honey
 
After careful consideration, I have decided that if I am ever a V.I.P
the I. may not stand for important.
(rather influential, ignorant, idiotic, intelectual, illadvised etc)