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Title: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: forrest-hunter on September 08, 2019, 06:41:46 PM
Does anyone have a recipe for making sticky wax for making flemish strings - I have bees wax but not sure what and ratios to mix
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: Pat B on September 08, 2019, 07:44:05 PM
The wax LBR(Chad) makes and uses is good. I don't know what his recipe is but you can smell the bee's wax in it. Being a string maker Chad knows about string wax.
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: OkKeith on September 08, 2019, 10:01:43 PM
Tried "googleing it up" (as my Dad says)... found several videos and instructionals.

Looks like most folks cut the bees wax with something that makes it stay soft (lanolin, pine rosin, etc.). I thought it was cool that some were melting it and pouring into empty chapstick tubes. Looks like Traditional Bowhunter Magazine had an article on making bow string wax. That might be the best place to start if you can find the article.

OkKeith
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: Flem on September 08, 2019, 11:37:47 PM
I use a mix of 70% beeswax and 30% mineral oil. Heated and blended over a double boiler. Stays sticky indefinitely.
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: Shredd on September 09, 2019, 06:56:16 AM
 I think someone mentioned a mix of bee wax and wax ring for toilet...
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: Mad Max on September 09, 2019, 08:00:23 AM
Quote from: Shredd on September 09, 2019, 06:56:16 AM
I think someone mentioned a mix of bee wax and wax ring for toilet...

Here it is
http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=165543.1200
Title: Re: Help - Recipe Flemish String Makers Wax
Post by: Eric Krewson on September 09, 2019, 08:57:08 AM
I use a pound of beeswax and one toilet bowl ring for what I consider a perfect string wax mix.