Went to Hobby Lobby for beeswax to make grease cookies. What they had was beeswax in one pound blocks for $15.00. Too much for me, so I guess I'll go
with something less expensive. What will work just as well, or close to it?
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Posts: 5294 (09/19/09 05:14:57) Moderator Emeritus |
I have two beeswax supppliers listed on the Martini resource list. Dadant is $5.05 a lb, Stakich id $5.50.
I have purchased from Dadant and they are good to deal with. The last Beeswax I bought was from a bulk seller on www.castboolits.com. www.castboolits.com also hase a sponsor seller named RandyRat who sells beeswax for $4 a lb. shipping of course extra. |
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Lance Corporal
Posts: 26 (09/19/09 08:33:27) |
Thanks for the info. Will try those suppliers.
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Lance Sergeant
Posts: 102 (09/19/09 08:44:34) |
I went looking for Beeswax...found it in a local craft store at Can $28.00 per pound!!!
Eventually found some at a local beekeeper at $8.00/lb & some others I found since sell at $6.00/lb. Craft store do not seem to be the cheapest places to look for some stuff. Peter (Burlington, Ont.) |
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Sergeant
Posts: 97 (09/23/09 14:17:35) |
I found some at a craft store, Michaels and it was $20.00 US a lb, my wife had a 50% off coupon, so it was a no brainer to stock up.
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Sergeant
Posts: 166 (09/24/09 08:31:14) Lance Sergeant |
I buy from Stakich and am happy with them. Usually I have them add some whole honey into the order which is some of the nicest honey I have ever had. The
beewax also comes in pellets if so inclined to buy it that way.
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Sergeant Major
Posts: 522 (09/24/09 12:22:52) Colour Sergeant |
S&S firearms lists beeswax in their bullets and lubes section. It was $8.75 per pound in the 06 catalogue... don't know how much it may have gone up
since. Jas Townsend has it for $10...
http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=73 Victor "Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson."
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Posts: 1229 (09/24/09 13:16:08) Veteran of the Regiment |
In the UK most county agricultural shows have bee keeping display somewhere on site and they sell beeswax at very reasonable prices. Mind you, if you buy
several pounds they will be curious and ask you why you want it. A truthful answer will get you some strange looks, but sometimes an interesting conversation
from a fellow collector/shooter. I ended up talking to a bee keeper who was also a shooter, but who had never thought of mixing his own lubricant. I now get
beeswax at an even better price and I don't need to wait for the annual show.
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Lance Sergeant
Posts: 69 (09/25/09 07:06:04) |
Looking on EvilBay, the prices are all over the map, from less than $3.00 per pound to OMG!
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O/R
Posts: 27 (09/25/09 13:04:23) |
flee markets are a great place to find bees wax. The sell it for "medical"use. Ie ear cleaning, ect. I pick it up for $9/pound. My guys usually lets
me take it for free sometimes. Depending on his mood.
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Lance Corporal
Posts: 28 (09/26/09 17:30:23) |
Got 2 pounds from Randyrat. Shipped quick. That is enough to last me a while.
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Sergeant
Posts: 109 (10/05/09 13:24:58) |
I ordered some from RandyRat on Cast Boolits and now I have twice as much at half the cost! He seems very easy to deal with and ships quickly.
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Corporal
Posts: 65 (10/11/09 07:24:57) |
I have a large chunk of bees wax a guy gave me years ago, but it's very dark, non refined and filtered. Does it really have to be nice and yellow, or can I
just use what I have? I guess what I'm really asking is if anyone knows what's in this stuff, and if it will damage my rifle or cassings if not pretty
and yellow?
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Corporal
Posts: 66 (10/11/09 07:36:27) |
Posted this on castboolits but going to bring it here as well. I have a large chunk of beeswax that was given to me several years ago by a local bee keeper,
but it's not nice and pretty yellow like that being sold elsewhere. I don't want to waste this and so I need to know if there is any reason I can't
just use it the way it is to make lube cookies out of, or do I need to refine and filter it first. There must be at least 10lbs in that block, maybe a little
more.
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Posts: 5395 (10/11/09 08:57:45) Moderator Emeritus |
Melt the wax in a double boiler and strain it , Unless it's scorched it should be just fine.
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Posts: 1218 (10/11/09 14:54:58) Sergeant Major |
When I got mine from the bee's so to speak I just treated it the same as rendering fats melted it in a saucepan with water took it of the heat beat it with
a whisk then poured it into a bowl and left to cool bees wax goes to the top heavy shit to the bottom then water and a scummy layer on the bottom of the wax
which can be scraped of and further refined or dumped as one wishes.
Er don't use the better half's best saucepans, I got some old non stick which have started unsticking. Don't try to melt too much at a time or it does not separate out before setting. Pinky
It is not a gun. It is not a Weapon. It is not a firearm. It is a single cylinder single stroke internal combustion engine with a free floating piston!
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Posts: 896 (10/28/09 20:27:38) Sergeant Major |
Another consideration these days is soy wax, which is made from soy oil and wasn't invented until 1991.... and is a third of the cost of beeswax. While I still have something like 20 pounds of beeswax, I tried some soy wax over the summer and if there is any difference in performance I can't find it. It is softer and more oily than beeswax and has a lower melting temp of around 125, so it isn't cut with any additional grease or oil to use as a lube or for cookies.....and it makes the range smell like Chinese carry out (not really). http://newcart.candlesand.../Candles/PID-SOY-C3.aspx
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Posts: 5460 (10/29/09 07:39:59) Moderator Emeritus |
Wow, there will be a bunch of new beeswax entryies on the Martini resource list.
Think I will add sources for double boilers also. Picked upa double boiler while in SA and will never use microwave or pan on stove again. No scorching! There is a ebay buy now double boiler set for $4.99, three avaialble. Here is is the link Double Boiler
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Sergeant Major
Posts: 404 (10/29/09 18:17:25) Sergeant Major |
Local beekeeper had it @ $29 Cdn/4.25 lb.
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Corporal
Posts: 82 (10/30/09 13:50:27) Lance Corporal |
"I tried some soy wax over the summer and if there is any difference in performance I can't find it. It is softer and more oily than beeswax and has a
lower melting temp of around 125, so it isn't cut with any additional grease or oil to use as a lube or for cookies"
Soy wax would probably share a lot of properties with Japan wax and bayberry wax. The last two were used as lubricating waxes in lieu of beeswax in the 1870-1890s. Like soy wax they are not really waxes at all but vegetable tallows. Harry Pope used beeswax, bayberry wax and graphite for his bullets, while the Frankford Arsenal used first bayberry and graphite, then straight Japan Wax. |
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