<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Thanks this has really helped, I figured I was missing something and I know now after reading the replies from y'all that I just need to toss the armor in the oven before applying the wax, then after everything is coated a short rest in a low temp oven will finish things off, I did see that adding the wax did darken the leather more then I would have liked but all well lol, I'll post my armoring pics, maybe yall can give me your thoughts :)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Its a mix of ring and leather plate :D<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I do however need help on leather knees and elbows because I'm struggling with the needed bend lol<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Ld Kylan Ulfgierrson mka Charles<BR>"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 8/25/09, pbedwell@vzw.blackberry.net <I><pbedwell@vzw.blackberry.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: pbedwell@vzw.blackberry.net <pbedwell@vzw.blackberry.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!<BR>To: padraig_ruad@irishbard.org, "Loch-ruadh lists" <loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 11:27 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>You know you're a Scadian when the oven is not used for just cooking!<BR>Vivian<BR>Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain <<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=padraig_ruad@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:padraig_ruad@yahoo.com">padraig_ruad@yahoo.com</A>><BR><BR>Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:20:09 <BR>To: Elfsea<<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org">elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org</A>>; Kingdom of Ansteorra SCA Inc.Shire of Loch Ruadh<<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org">loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!<BR><BR><BR>Kylan,<BR> <BR>In order to accept the infusion of wax, the leather must be warm.
The method I used was to 1) form the leather pieces by wetting and bending them to the desired shapes, tying or strapping them where necessary, and letting them dry completely; 2) heating them in the oven at 180F (as you mentioned), then 3) melting the wax over low heat, and brushing/spreading it on the warm leather. You may need to do more than one application, warming the leather between applications, and a final gentle heating in the oven can help even out the wax infusion.<BR> <BR>NOTE: Do not harden your straps and/or ties, as this will make them brittle. Attach them to the armor after the hardening process is complete. Treat the straps/ties with Neatsfoot Oil - not only will it keep the leather supple and strong, but will approximate the color of the wax-hardened armor quite well.<BR> <BR>Padraig<BR>*****************<BR>Nunc Est Bibendum<BR>************************************<BR>Politicians prefer unarmed
peasants.<BR>************************************<BR>Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.<BR>- John Stark<BR><BR>--- On Tue, 8/25/09, charles armitage <<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=charlesarmitage@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:charlesarmitage@yahoo.com">charlesarmitage@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR><BR>From: charles armitage <<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=charlesarmitage@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:charlesarmitage@yahoo.com">charlesarmitage@yahoo.com</A>><BR>Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!<BR>To: "Elfsea" <<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org">elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org</A>>, "Kingdom of Ansteorra SCA Inc. Shire of Loch Ruadh" <<A href="http://us.mc639.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org"
ymailto="mailto:loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org">loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR>Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:51 AM<BR><BR><BR>Does anyone have a good guide to how to beeswax leather armor? I'm just about done with my gear and what to protect / harden it some and picked up some beeswax thinking it would be pretty straight forward and nope, I'm lost..... HELP!<BR> <BR>I'm finding that putting the hot wax on the cool leather just makes a white layer of wax, am I suppose to coat the leather and then place it in the oven at 180 there by melting the wax in? Or am I suppose to mix the wax with oil and rub it in?<BR> <BR>As I said I'm lost!<BR><BR><BR>Ld Kylan Ulfgierrson mka Charles<BR>"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."<BR><BR><BR> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Loch-Ruadh mailing list<BR><A
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