detox
04-08-2013, 08:28 PM
I just purchased 3 lbs of butterscotch colored beeswax from randyrat. This is more beeswax than i will ever need for fluxing and boollit lube. Just for kicks i wanted to see if i could make the color lighter by filtering it in oven. Some people use a simple solar oven, but the standard oven will work if temps do not go above 180. I just set oven on warm while watching the oven thermometer. I built a small wood frame to staple my bug screen to then added one layer of paper towel to bottom and trimmed excess. I coated Pyrex glass dish with Pam spray then filled with water about 1/3 full. When wax is melted and filtered it will float to the top of water. Let it stay and cool in the oven over night. The first filtering created lots of brown wax on filter and wax did turn out a little lighter in color. I filtered a second time and there was way less brown color on paper towel. Wax is now a lighter butter scotch color.
Before pouring inguts i melted wax in double boiler setting the stove top temp slightly below medium being careful not to over heat the wax (staying under 190 degrees). I casted about half my wax for later use. Some of it was cast in small candy mould. These will be used for fluxing. The larger muffin size inguts will be stored for later use. I sprayed moulds with Pam before pouring so that wax would not stick.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?86774-Beeswax-for-sale
Before pouring inguts i melted wax in double boiler setting the stove top temp slightly below medium being careful not to over heat the wax (staying under 190 degrees). I casted about half my wax for later use. Some of it was cast in small candy mould. These will be used for fluxing. The larger muffin size inguts will be stored for later use. I sprayed moulds with Pam before pouring so that wax would not stick.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?86774-Beeswax-for-sale