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    My thoughts exactly Dennis......Blimey.....that's an awful lot of beeswax to get through China.....??????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
    What on earth do you do with all that?
    Makes candles, possibly?
    I buy beeswax in modest quantities occasionally to make polish out of. You allow a block of beeswax to soak in white spirit and in about a week you have a lovely cream polish that puts a shine on whatever you want to put a shine on; in my case hand-marbled paper and leather bookbindings.

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    Not a problem my partner makes candles, plus I make my own furniture polish I usually end up with the scraps for my jewellery bench

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    Ive used AF cutlube ( swiss) since I got some for stone carving ages ago.
    Bought some beeswax a few weeks ago to try and didn't like it at all so back to the cutlube, works really well for me.

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    i am not sure if anyone asked this so here goes.
    I hear a lot about using beeswax, can i use the
    beeswax from my local bee keeper?

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bmark1959 View Post
    i am not sure if anyone asked this so here goes.
    I hear a lot about using beeswax, can i use the
    beeswax from my local bee keeper?
    Beeswax is just wax from bees, so I can't see any reason why your local beekeeper's wax would not have the properties you need.

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    I use beeswax all the time for sawing, drilling when using burrs etc. I find it just as good as expensive little commercial preparations.

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    The trouble with beeswax is that it clogs very fine blades and stops them cutting as well. Burr Life is fine, but crumbles as it gets old, so most of it ends up on the bench.
    I use candle wax in the form of tea lights, see page one above, because they are cheap and convenient. Dennis.

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    I normally use 6/0 or 4/0 and found exactly that Dennis hence why I prefer the cutlube.
    I did try beeswax and candle wax and put it on the back of the blade as James suggested but still found it pretty sticky.

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