Where can I find paraffin wax?

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Thanks…ole

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Thanks…ole …A supermarket,or craft store.Herb

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ralphs - gulf wax. check inside the boxes to make sure the wax isn’t whited out in the center. the ones with even transparency are best.

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Okay, you got my interest here. Are you actually using paraffin to wax you deck? If so, YIKES. I had to grow up with that stuff. Tom>>> ralphs - gulf wax. check inside the boxes to make sure the wax isn’t > whited out in the center. the ones with even transparency are best.

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Thanks…ole Like everybody says, any grocery and many hardware stores. Check in the baking or canning areas. Brewing up some orange wax?

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Ole, About ten years ago, Skip Frye had some wax formulated for him called “Man Wax,” which was much softer than parrafin, but with no additives that made the wax sticky or gooey or aromatic. I don’t know if it’s still around, but it was great on longboards that called for footwork. The name “Man Wax” was a dig at the adolescent trend in surf waxes.

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Actually, I’ve heard that you can add it to old surfacing agent whose wax has settled or dissipated or whatever. I did a test batch and it seems this is my problem, as it took hours to fully cure. Will this work? Also, now that we’re on the topic, what is an easy way to make a good, tacky wax using paraffin? Thanks- ole

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whats so bad about it? http://members.cox.net/austinsurfboards

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I’ve been told that by mixing styrene with paraffin, you get surfacing agent. Try mixing plain bees wax with paraffin for a softer formula - different proportions for different hardness.

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whats so bad about it? I TRULY believe each to their own on this sort of thing, but I remember struggling to get paraffin to rub on my old board during cold mornings to almost no avail as well as an uncany ability to get smoother as it was riden in subsequent sessions. I sure burned up a couple of my mom’s pans while melting it and sprinkling on my board with an old hairbrush. In this case technology is a good thing. I use Wax Research, sticky bumps and Sex Wax Really Tacky. (cool formula) See ya, Tom

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I sure burned up a couple of my mom’s pans while melting it and sprinkling > on my board with an old hairbrush. Use a double boiler for melting wax (even a can inside a small pot of boiling water). Bear in mind most waxes beyond basic paraffin will lose useful material properties when heated like this, or so I’m told. And Tom is right about paraffin not being very good in cold water, although I’ve used it for tropical travel way back when. Something about high melting temperatures, but I seem to have left the exact brain cells with the details in an airport somewhere.>>> In this case technology is a good thing. I use Wax Research, sticky bumps > and Sex Wax Really Tacky. (cool formula) One ingredient in some modern waxes: clay. Figure that one out.>>>

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I’ve been told that by mixing styrene with paraffin, you get surfacing > agent. Try mixing plain bees wax with paraffin for a softer formula - > different proportions for different hardness. John…is beeswax commonly availiable or is it a special order type thing.I use paraffin in a furniture painting technique but its a little stiff…thanks,…R.B.

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I used to chew paraffin wax like chewing gum. Maybe that’s why I can’t tell left from starboard.

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John…is beeswax commonly availiable or is it a special order type thing.I > use paraffin in a furniture painting technique but its a little > stiff…thanks,…R.B. Roger… I know some woodworker supply catalogue buisnesses sell blocks of beeswax and carnuba wax fairly cheap. Try Lee Valley Tools or Woodcraft Supply on I-net. I think they have on-line catalogues. Also try wax toilet setting rings available @ Home Depot or Lowes. They are probably still made out of beeswax and will be even cheaper.

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Roger… I know some woodworker supply catalogue buisnesses sell blocks of > beeswax and carnuba wax fairly cheap. Try Lee Valley Tools or Woodcraft > Supply on I-net. I think they have on-line catalogues.>>> Also try wax toilet setting rings available @ Home Depot or Lowes. They > are probably still made out of beeswax and will be even cheaper. Toilet Rings…right on,I was looking for a local type deal.Its funny that we strive for super perfect color jobs on surfboards and in the furniture painting business we try to make em look old and f#^%& up.By putting wax down first I can get the paint to flake off of the surface.(not that anyone is interested)…thanks R.B.