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WalkingWicket37

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Homemade bat wax
« on: September 18, 2013, 07:08:10 PM »
Hi guys

I'm sure I've seen a topic on this somewhere before but I couldn't find it.
What kind of consistency should bat wax be? I've made some up using linseed oil & bees wax but will alter the ratio to get it to the right consistency.
Do I go for a melted butter type consistency or something a bit firmer than that?

Thanks in advance :)
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 07:41:24 PM »
When I made it was quite firm like standard butter in a packet after it had hardened up in a little pot.
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2013, 07:15:11 PM »
Quote from: Sam on September 18, 2013, 07:41:24 PM
When I made it was quite firm like standard butter in a packet after it had hardened up in a little pot.
I used my homemade wax today, it was the consistency of butter that had been left out. Nice and easy to work over the surface and left a lovely finish to the bat. Think I'm now converted to wax instead of oil haha
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 07:40:15 PM »
Sounds good  :D. Can I just ask , does yours make the bat go slightly yellowish , and smell quite strongly of beeswax for about 24 hours after coating it , because that's what mine did  :(?
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 07:58:56 PM »
Smells of beeswax but only if you get close to it and has darkened the willow up, but doesn't seen to have gone yellow.
(Please excuse the bat tape)

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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2013, 08:04:32 AM »
Hi Sam, just melt it down again and stir in some more linseed oil before it sets. Should give you a softer texture that can be worked in more easily.
Unfortunately the yellow beeswax will lend a slight tinge to the bat face when applied. I've been trying to keep an eye out for some white beeswax, , maybe it will come out a better colour?
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2013, 08:16:54 AM »
Quote from: CameronPye94 on September 29, 2013, 07:58:56 PM
Smells of beeswax but only if you get close to it and has darkened the willow up, but doesn't seen to have gone yellow.
(Please excuse the bat tape)



Nice grains on that sheet !.
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2013, 03:01:00 PM »
I made up some yesterday, ended up using around 10grams beeswax in a 2oz tobacco tin pretty much filled with linseed oil.
So probably works out somewhere around 5 to 1 weight wise.
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2014, 06:22:49 PM »
Does it work with candle wax?
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2014, 06:38:30 PM »
Quote from: Pelican042 on January 05, 2014, 06:22:49 PM
Does it work with candle wax?

Wouldn't have thought so but I'm not sure as its made up of different stuff.

Just a note from earlier in the thread that there is white beeswax available on ebay, may be worth a shot :).
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2014, 06:42:10 PM »
Cheers might give it a go to try ;)
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2014, 06:47:38 PM »
Unless you've got beeswax candles? Most of them are paraffin wax I believe which I think would make it slightly softer?
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2014, 06:48:59 PM »
Quote from: Pelican042 on January 05, 2014, 06:22:49 PM
Does it work with candle wax?
Don't think so mate, I got white bees way on eBay which was quite cheap (think it was about £2 from memory).
It has a fairly low melting point so you can stir the raw linseed oil into the melted wax and it won't boil.

On another note I've made two batches now, one that's rather light (yellow ish) ands one that has model indeed oil in so is a darker colour.
I use the darker one to "properly" do the bat (start of the season or a new bat) then use the lighter one for additional coats or polishing a bat. Both seem to work quite well and don't have the drastic change in colour you get from oil.
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2014, 01:46:38 AM »
It's pretty cheap stuff to make, hardest thing is finding something suitable to put it in. I think a shoe polish tin would work well.
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Re: Homemade bat wax
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2014, 04:06:49 AM »
I used equal parts beeswax, linseed oil and white spirit
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