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08-28-2008, 02:01 PM
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Subscribing..
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08-28-2008, 03:05 PM
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Man, after reading all these homemade wax threads I kind of want to create something of my own. Of course I don't have any knowledge of making waxes whatsoever but I sure would enjoy learning and experimenting with waxes.
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08-28-2008, 06:18 PM
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after reading a few wax threads today i'm thinking about making my own wax ..
i'm gonna make a wax...call it the Soprano wax....easy on ..bump u off...lol....
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09-03-2008, 12:44 PM
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Well I fiddled around with the recipe a bit a few days ago and this is the fruits of my labour...
 Decided to make smaller samples until I can get something close to workable instead of possibly wasting all the ingredients on useless formula's that don't work. This recipe is really nice, the best one so far. I replaced the paraffin solvent with a natural alternative so it smells better and decreased the carnauba content slightly to make it more workable. The resulting sample is really nice, alot softer than the 1st batch and applies alot more evenly and with less need for heat to be built up to get it to flow. The one area this one is lacking in is hazing before buffing, I have since learnt (courtesy of Dom) that there are some other ingredients required to address that aspect of the wax. I have now gotten some other goodies to add and will be making up another batch this coming weekend....Wish me luck 
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09-03-2008, 10:12 PM
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09-24-2008, 03:43 PM
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So tonight I had some time to kill so I decided to get stuck into making some wax again. I have had some new ingredients laying around for a few weeks but haven't gotten around to playing with them until earlier this evening.
Basically I tried 3 variations of my past favourite sample with some of the new ingredients and have found one I really like! All are around 27% carnauba by total volume and around 80% carnauba by wax volume. One of the aspect of the previous batches I wasn't happy with was the product hazing and drying prior to buffing, they all seemed to remain oily. I am happy to report that I have finally gotten a formula that hazes and dries quite quickly and also buffs off fairly easily if spread evenly  Some quick snaps...  Formula A (My favourite of the 3)  Formula B  Formula C  Some of the extra goodies I got included some oil based dye's which as you can see work pretty well Tomorrow I will test them properly on the wife's car and take some snaps of the finish, beading, ect 
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09-24-2008, 05:06 PM
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cool colors..
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