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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars View Post
    Great. Thanks very much.
    The resolene makes a tough, flexible finish. They promote it as a sealer for the grain side- at least they imply it- but I find I don't like the lustre it gives to my work. I use it on the edges and the flesh side of the leather.
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    Some articles about waxing leather...some with paraffin, some with beeswax

    http://www.dagorhir.com/HowTo/cbgryml.htm

    http://www.alpharubicon.com/primitiv...axohcanada.htm

    http://www.ehow.com/how_2062855_hard...using-wax.html

    ...but in my limited experience with working with leather, using beeswax is tricky. You have to coat or polish the wax after applying it to the leather or it will transfer to the object it touches. Being you are talking about a sporran belt/straps, you might have to mix it with something else to make it 'harder'...like glycerin...to prevent it from getting too 'soft' in the heat.

    I'd suggest that if you take on this kind of project, do a lot of testing on scraps before your belts.

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    I use beeswax for burnishing the edges of hard leather pieces, sporran and such. I use a modified paraffin for strap backs.

    The primary reason to use beeswax on edges is that you can edge-dye after burnishing, if need be. The paraffin will not allow you to over-dye.

    That said, I do love the smell of warm beeswax. When I'm burnishing edges it gives a glorious, warm-honey smell to my workshop.

    ith:

    As for other uses, you could always go into the custom candle business...

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    Ah, it's the edges, and a different wax for the back. That makes sense.

    I remember Nighthawk, et al, were making those leather mugs and things, then putting beeswax on the inside to make them waterproof or something like that.

    I'm kind of hooked on this honey strait from the comb, so I'll probably continue to have beeswax to use.
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    I forgot to ask. What's the best or preferred way to melt all the pieces of wax down into one piece?

    I have a hot plate kind of thing, or a double boiler set up.
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    For metling wax - I'd guess the candle or batik crowds have appropriate heating containers. The danger of course is that wax is flammable. Don't burn down your house!

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    Oh gosh, Nighthawk.. The honey is so good. Un filtered, untouched bee urp with pollen and so on. It's a richer, earthier flavor. I feel like a bear.

    It's also a little bit expensive if it were just for the wax.

    I'll probably just make candles out of it, I can't seem to get all the honey out of the wax.
    And I know I'm eating part of the wax, but that's life.
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    GOOD quality shoe polish contains a high proportion of wax. it can be polished till there's little chance of transference. Even better are "hide food" products marketed for the preservation of leather covered furniture and leather car upholstery....

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    Safest thing I know of for keeping leather you wear nice is neutral shoe polish.
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    Well I don't use the wax for much beyond bow stings but boy do I love honey right out of the comb. Luckily there is a gentleman just down the road that keeps bees and sells the honey. I use it mostly in my tea and coffee.
    I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear

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