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Offline sailordad

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string waxing
« on: January 03, 2008, 08:17:33 pm »
        I didn't know where to post this question,so i thought i would try it here
i have a couple of bow strings that were purchased from RUDDER ARCHERY and was just wondering if anyone could suggest what i should use for waxing the strings.
Would regular candle wax work? Or should I use the same wax that I use on my(curse word to follow) compound bow string.

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Offline carpenter374

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2008, 08:22:30 pm »
candle wax will work fine. you can use the same wax you use for compounds also. in a hunting situation a deer close enough (10 yards or less, further if downwind) may catch a whiff if you use scented wax though. don't know if a deer would go on alert to that smell or not. you'd just have to try it. i use an old "emergency candle" unscented. just rub a groove in the candle and smooth the wax with your fingers.
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Offline Auggie

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2008, 09:11:45 pm »
I use bees wax on strings,wood, and everything.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2008, 10:00:54 pm »
cool beans,thanks guys ;D
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Offline cowboy

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2008, 10:07:31 pm »
Bee's wax works good for what little I've done, tried a candle once and it just crumpled up on me - course if I'd warmed it up some sure it would have worked fine. I go to the pharmacy in town (not a chain) they have bee's wax chunks in a box for some kind of medicinal purposes, but is pure and works great - kinda stickier somehow.
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Offline Dane

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2008, 12:10:55 am »
yeah, get real bees wax, not parafin. A real beeswax candle is a bit expensive, but will last a long time, as well. Church supply stores carry them, if you can't find them anywhere else.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2008, 12:18:39 am »
Go buy a wax toilet seal ring from the hardware store. You will have a lifetime supply of string wax.  Pat
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Re: string waxing
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2008, 06:37:49 am »
I use bees wax mixed with paraffin to keep it a little softer.Pure bees wax will get hard over
time and you have to heat it a little to soften it up.Mixed it stays plyable.The tubs you can get
most archery suppliers works fine for normal string maintenance but not to well for making strings.
It is not quite stiff enough at least for me. :)
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Offline stiknstring

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2008, 03:17:48 pm »
Pat do you mix the toilet bowl wax with anything to stiffen it up or just use it straight?
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Offline OldBow

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2008, 04:29:22 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on January 04, 2008, 12:18:39 am
Go buy a wax toilet seal ring from the hardware store. You will have a lifetime supply of string wax.  Pat

Pat B is very right, here.  I do melt a leftover candle or two into the wax ring.  The mixture lasts me years.
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Offline Auggie

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2008, 06:39:58 pm »
Pat B,wished Id thought of the wax ring,made me recall a quote from some western movie "God let whiskey be created to keep the Irish from ruleing the world." Auggie.
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Offline nugget

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2008, 07:52:42 pm »
Make sure the toilet bowl ring wax is new and not used ;D Talk about smell :o
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Offline venisonburger

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Re: string waxing
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2008, 11:25:30 pm »
I made a blend of bees wax and toilet ring wax, stretches out the bees wax. just melt the bees wax in a small metal container over the stove, put in about half as much toilet wax, blend and pour into small dixie cups to solidify. I made about 4 little cups about 2 years ago and still have 2 left.
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