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Sprayable Wax - does it exist?
Pete.:
Is it turpentine that you have to be careful that it doesn't spontaneously combust if you throw a load of rags with it on in the bin?
awemawson:
It has been known !
Painters overalls were a major safety concern when I owned some launderettes. Even having been washed they were a hazard if dried in a tumble drier and left warm over night. Strict condition from the insurers was that they were removed to cool before staff left for the evening :bugeye:
Linseed oil is another problem, again painters overalls !
(we did have a major fire, but not from that cause)
krv3000:
hi yes spray wax is out there
awemawson:
OK I've received a gallon of genuine Turpentine and a kilo of Beeswax so the experiment begins:
My hand spray bottles are 500 ml, so 500 ml of the Turpentine into a Pyrex flask but how much Beeswax will dissolve into it :scratch: I weighed out 100 gms of Beeswax into another flask and started adding it slowly and stirring - it seems it's going to be a slow process.
No doubt a bit of heat would help, but Turpentine is very inflammable so maybe not too clever an idea :zap:
I'll leave it for a few hours and if things aren't happening I'll put the bigger flask in a bowl of warm water.
awemawson:
So time passes - like watching paint dry - a slow process.
Added a little heat in the form of a bowl of hot water, and continued adding the lentils of Beeswax and stirring it whenever I walked past. So far 25 grams are pretty well dissolved in the 500 ml of Turps - there are still one or two floaters of partial lentils.
I'll leave it in the bowl over night - no doubt the water will cool, so it may start to settle out of solution - at the moment the viscosity is OK for the hand pump spray bottle but when it cools it may need a bit more Turps adding - I hope not as I want to be able to leave a decent wax deposit on the machinery when the Turpentine evaporates.
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