[Loch-Ruadh] Beeswaxing leather HELP!
R Baker
palehorse at mail.com
Tue Aug 25 14:31:07 PDT 2009
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
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