As I have said before, living down under (NZ) has its advantages, but boy, when you try to get ‘stuff’, you are either disappointed, else pay through the nose!
I'm wanting to make Bens red, and have managed to get some Bees Wax okay, also some lithium grease (not Red & Tacky mind). However, the Johnsons paste isn't available it seems. So, thought ide take a look at the MSDS sheet for its ingredients. Turns out to be listed as:
Mineral Spirits (Stoddard Solvent) 60-100%
Paraffin & Hydrocarbon Waxes, 10-30%
Carnauba Wax 5-10%
1-2-3 Trimethylbenzene 5-10%
A little vague but a good starting point!
I’m no chemist but Im thinking that the mineral spirit is just a solvent to allow it to be picked up on a cloth, and transferred easily, the Tri-wasimacallit seems to be an anti-lump thingy that they use in Jet fuel (I mean, who wants lumpy jet fuel?), and the carnauba Wax, well that’s what it is, and the other waxes, Paraffin and Hydrocarbon, not sure of what are which, but maybe someone out there can help?
So, not sure where I'm going with this yet, but time will tell!