11:07 pm
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November 1, 2011
10:17 am
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July 23, 2016
people do use bees wax, however it remains slightly sticky and collects dust. There are other wax products that are not so prone to that, car wax, shoe polish, and paraffin come to mind. There are also home made and commercial wax mixtures, rennisance wax is one. Personally, I've only used paraffin on iron and not for outdoor use. Apply at black heat and wipe the excess while the wax is still very soft
3:28 pm
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July 22, 2010
Dad did a test with Black Rustoleum and Beeswax mixture (linseed, beeswax, spirits- hot applied) on door handles on our shop. Both looked OK after 1 year, but the wax one showed rust starting where it had been handled. Funny thing is after longer period don't look a lot different. Both slightly rusty now in Full weather exposure on northern side of shop
I would not use Beeswax mixture for long term outside unless you eventually want a rust coat. or redo every year (hot applied). Paint or powder-coat for heavy use outside, other options include controlled rusting with chemicals such as weak Muratic acid with a GOOD clean off of all acid after usage, gives a nice rust. You can stabilize rust on handled pieces with the Rustoleum or Navy Jelly type products (not the cleaners, the rustlocking ones). Interestingly Rust with wax applied after rusting can last a good while. although again needs to be hot, (not red just hot to melt wax).
There are lots of options but you need to match them to your application.
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