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Sprayable Wax - does it exist?
howsitwork?:
Watching this with interest folks as I have used Waxolit which is a German table wax and brilliant. It seems to ave fine aluminium flakes in it but protects and lubriscates well. That’s just as well considering the mortgage needed to buy it in the first place bu5 it sure goes a long way.
The beeswax idea just appeals,to the cook in me . I know lots of dishes that use honey. M8nd you I quite enjoy just chewing a bit of comb if I get the chance.
Keep us updated on surface resistance etc Andrew please.
Regards Ian
awemawson:
I am well impressed with this stuff :clap:
It is leaving a very nice thin waxed surface. Previously I've been using Silber Gleit which is supposedly the bees knees, but I find that it's not too good at stopping surface rust unless it's put on really thickly, in which case it dries leaving lumps. I've now cleared all the Silber Gleit off and waxed it.
Having need just now to get a definite measurement for my Ripsaw spindle (1.25" / 31.75 mm) as I'm buying new blades I undid the large left handed nut that holds the 500 mm blade on, and promptly dropped it into the cowl that leads to the dust extractor :bang:
Despite many contortions I couldn't reach it - so saw off / dust cover off / cowl off and eventually found it 6" up the extractor hose !
BUT, having got in so far it revealed a large compaction of sawdust round the elevating mechanism that must predate when I wired the extractor to come on with the saw, and my builder was using the machine on my house rebuild and he didn't always remember to turn it on manually. Clearing it all out let me spray my magic Beeswax on the sliding surfaces of the rise and fall table, and the spiral bevel gears of the height adjusting mechanism, all of which now work so much more smoothly.
vtsteam:
The latest best anti-rust stuff for car undercoating here in Vermont, where salt on roads in winter does huge damage to auto underbodies is called FluidFilm. And it works! I spray some on every Fall.
I know Andrew you would probably prefer wax for woodworking table surfaces, in order not to mark wood, but elsewhere, this stuff is amazing.
Now, I know you have the ingredients to formulate this stuff at hand, Andrew, and in true Madmodder fashion I expect to see you producing your own DIY FluidFilm.
What is it? Lanolin and bit of finely chopped wool! The lanolin penetrates everything, the wool holds it in place. And your car or truck smells like a lamb chop when the exhaust first heats up for a day or so.
:beer:
awemawson:
Steve, pure lanolin has been used for years to fight rust and as a water proofer. After all the sheep are out in all weathers and (usually) survive !
Bradford in Yorkshire was a major centre for Woollen cloth production from the beginning of the industrial revolution. Lots of lanolin was released by the processing, and was commercially extracted from the sewer water !
Somehow in this Ecco conscious age I doubt it still happens.
SwarfnStuff:
Yup Andrew,
Never seen a rusty sheep yet. :ddb:
Although here in Australia specially outback they can look rusty. Red dust, red dust and more red dust at times.
Wool scouring plants don't usually suffer from rust either as protected by the lanolin. Pretty sure they have to extract it for environmental reasons now but it seems we ship the greasy wool to the likes of China and buy it back again. (Progress??)
I grew up in the country areas but never on a farm except to visit for holidays etc.
City dweller now (sigh). Still, essential services like Dr. Hospital are a lot closer when you need em!
John B
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