Re: [ATM] Softening Gugolz

[Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>]

Polk, Tom wrote:
> Bees Wax = Not so good. The viscosity is not "linear" with temperature
> change, small changes in room temperature greatly effect pitch temper.
> Marked off my list. CeO acts different with lap. Subjective I know but
> for the one time I used it the CeO did not embed in the lap easily.
> Found at art stores, used for candle making.

I've had just the opposite experience. A small amount of beeswax added 
to the pitch and it seems to press better, and laps seem to last 
forever. The one change you have to make is to cold/warm press with 
*lots* of weight (I cold press with 20-40 pounds for 5-10 minutes for an 
8" lap) to get good contact. But that contact winds up being great.

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