Re: [ATM] First Pitch Lap - any tips?

[Joseph Goins <jb_goins@yahoo.com>]

You can also get beeswax at any of the hobby store chains and JoAnne
Fabrics too.  Walmart also carries it in the sewing section.  Not that
expensive for a 1/2 pound cake of beeswax.

Joe Goins

--- Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Richard Schwartz wrote:
> 
> > It is good to see that someone else has discovered the problems of
> using
> > turpentine to soften pitch.    For me the problem is that the
> turpentine
> > evaporated from the surface and left a hard crust over a soft
> interior.
> > Here are three more ways to get it soft::
> >
> > (1) add bee's wax to the pitch.   The problem is that when you go
> to the
> > artsy store, you will not be able to find bee's wax.  If you ask
> store
> > personnel, they will sense that you don't belong there and they
> will
> > pretend not to notice you and then run away.   And if you do locate
> the
> > bee's wax, be prepared for sticker shock!
> 
> Indeed.  Try instead a gun shop that caters to reloaders.  Beeswax
> is an ingredient in many recipes for the bullet lubricant used with
> cast lead bullets.  Another source is a supplier for woodworkers,
> the same sort of place that sells shellac flakes often sells beeswax.
> Then there are beekeeping suppliers, or beekeepers.  Or bees.
> 
> D.
> -- 
>                  A need is a terrible thing to waste.
> 
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