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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Chmaiden on August 10, 2013, 07:11:49 AM

Title: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Chmaiden on August 10, 2013, 07:11:49 AM

Have just sanded down my bats -normally I chuck a couple of thin layers on but have bought a lump of beeswax. Is it one or the other? How do I actually put the beeswax on? Just rub it on then buff?

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: BigBlueMachine on August 10, 2013, 07:19:04 AM

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=15816.msg255028#msg255028 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=15816.msg255028#msg255028)

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Sam on August 10, 2013, 07:51:39 AM

Melt the beeswax and then add an equal amount of linseed oil to it. If you then leave it to cool in some sort of pot , you should get a nice wax!

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Chmaiden on August 13, 2013, 12:13:31 AM

ok - i've chucked a couple of thin layers of linseed onto the bats and have purchased a bar of beeswax from Bunnings....how do i go about getting the beeswax on the bat?!?!  Seems like a silly question really?  Do i use it like shoe polish and get a cloth, rub some on the cloth and then rub onto the bat then buff off????

[i feel a bit of an idiot asking!!!]

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: patriotscreen on August 13, 2013, 12:56:19 PM

Sam said it in one! Combine the two, it's much nicer than just oil.

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Number 11 on October 08, 2013, 03:15:29 PM

Just blended up some bat wax, used approximately 10 grams wax and filled the rest of a 2 ounce tobacco tin with oil.
Nice soft consistency that melts under your finger tips.

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Chmaiden on October 09, 2013, 02:14:56 AM

sounds cool - how did you melt the wax? (prob v obvious!)

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Rowan on October 09, 2013, 02:39:55 AM

Try a Microwave?

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on October 09, 2013, 07:10:33 AM

Quote from: Chmaiden on October 09, 2013, 02:14:56 AM

sounds cool - how did you melt the wax? (prob v obvious!)

I put mine in a jar and stood the jar in boiling water & stirred the wax

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Number 11 on October 09, 2013, 03:14:53 PM

I use an electric hotplate/foodwarmer. Chuck it all in the tin, stir occasionally till all the wax has melted. :)

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on October 09, 2013, 03:40:40 PM

A bean tin & a blowtorch also work though!

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Number 11 on October 09, 2013, 03:50:40 PM

Be careful not to let it get too hot with the blowtorch ;)

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on October 09, 2013, 03:57:31 PM

Quote from: Number 11 on October 09, 2013, 03:50:40 PM

Be careful not to let it get too hot with the blowtorch ;)

It melted down in seconds, then boiled and started spitting...
It was perfectly safe, honest...

Title: Re: Is it oil OR beeswax?
Post by: Number 11 on October 09, 2013, 07:52:23 PM

Quote from: CameronPye94 on October 09, 2013, 03:57:31 PM

It melted down in seconds, then boiled and started spitting...
It was perfectly safe, honest...

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