Testing

Well I sent some out for testing, sampling to give me some ideas of where to go next. Hopefully I can post some pics of other people's cars to give you and idea of what look can be achieved by fooling around with wax at home.

Liquid Waxes

Well I have read a few labels on various liquid waxes and the are a few ways to go about it. Emulsions are one way, another way would be a mixture of powder carnauba and mineral spirits with some sort of oil as a lubricant. I have not seen anything posted on such an experiment so this one will definately be by scratch. I think that it is flashing more than disolving when it comes to liquid waxes, but I am no chemists and it is just a guess.

Hard Waxes

A few samples of homebrew were sent out to a couple of people so I can get some unbiased opinions. Just seeing how usable a homemade wax really is. What I sent out would be considered a soft wax to me. I will be brewing up a hard wax off off of this recipe
7g bees wax
7g carnauba
3g Candellilia wax
10 ml of turpentine
25 ml of linseed oil
8g of coconut oil
This recipe actually yields a half decent wax.
Also on the agenda is a liquid wax, which I have no real idea where to start.

First recipe. The good. A little on the hard side and a little tough to get off, but a decent go.
7g carnauba
3g bees wax
3g candellila wax
15 ml of trupentine
3g of coconut oil
20 ml on linseed oil

Second Recipe, the uglyOK this one went to the extreme and was not usable but it may help to show the limts that a wax has. Too much oil and solvent created a mushy useless mixture
7g Carnauba
3g bees
3g Candellila
40 ml mineral spirts
40 ml linseed oil
5g coconut

Batch 15 will be mixed tonight, a slight variation from 14. If it works, I don't see why it wouldn't, 3 pots will go out to various parts of the globe for opinions. It is a bit oily but would be comparable to those that need to sweat a little and buff to a final gloss. Ease of use is pretty good, and appearance and slickness are good. I let the first sit for ten miutes or so allowing the solvent to flash off. I must say its been fun and I think I accomplished the main goal, make a useable, decent looking wax at home. Thanks to Ben for the thread that started the trend. Cheers

This is Batch 14, better beading and a good shine to it. Maybe a little more solvent needed.

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So far the folowing ingredients have been used
Mineral Spirits
Coconut oil
Pumpkin Seed oil
linseed oil
mango butter
carnauba wax, 2 forms
bees wax
candellilia wax

i think I will take a break and do more testing before moving on.