[Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!

[R Baker]

Also remember not to final cut your armor pieces untill after the heating/waxing process.
It will continue to shrink a little & you will end up with Mini-Armour! :)
~Trygg

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain" <padraig_ruad at yahoo.com>
> To: Elfsea <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>, " Kingdom of Ansteorra SCA Inc.Shire of Loch Ruadh" <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:20:09 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> 
> Kylan,
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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.
>  
> Padraig
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> --- On Tue, 8/25/09, charles armitage <charlesarmitage at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: charles armitage <charlesarmitage at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!
> To: "Elfsea" <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>, "Kingdom of Ansteorra 
> SCA Inc. Shire of Loch Ruadh" <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:51 AM
> 
> 
> 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!
>  
> 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?
>  
> As I said I'm lost!
> 
> 
> Ld Kylan Ulfgierrson mka Charles
> "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."
> 
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