Carnauba Wax - T3 Grade 1KG

• Ideal to use with over Bolger wood dyes.

Carnauba wax is known as the "queen of waxes" and is the hardest known natural wax in the World, yet its compatible with most animal, vegetable and mineral waxes and used with a wide variety of natural and synthetic resins, hence its wide commercial usage. Used to make Car Polish, Furniture Polish, Woodturning Polish and Woodturning sticks because it gives a hard wearing - high gloss shine. Carnauba is also used in candlemaking, because the Carnauba makes the candle burn for longer. Carnauba is also commonly used in the cosmetics trade to make lip balms, lipsticks, body butters, creams, lotions and hair pomades as well as a coating on dental floss, also the main ingredient used to make surfboard wax. Carnauba wax is obtained from the outer waxy coating of palm fronds of the Copernicia cerifera (the Brazilian Carnauba Palm). The fronds are collected twice a year in Sept and Dec and the wax is extracted by separating from the frond with mechanical beaters. A maximum of twenty leaves can be collected during each of the two yearly cutting seasons. On average these twenty leaves only produce 1kg of Carnauba wax. The colour of the wax is determined by the age of the leaves when harvested and ranges from pale yellow (new, unopened leaves) to greenish brown (older leaves exposed to sun and weather). The T3 Carnauba is the pale yellow wax is the highest grade of Carnauba. To make you own wax polish is very easy, basically dissolve Carnauba & Beeswax pellets in Turpentine (not turps substitute) I have written below the most popular method 2 1/2 cups Turpentine (often called Artists Turpentine) 100g Beeswax pellets / beads 2 Tablespoons of Carnauba Wax Melt the wax in a double boiler then remove from heat* Add the turpentine and stir well with a wooden spoon. Pour into jars (or tins) seal and allow to cool before use. * Melting the wax first is optional, (its just quicker) you can just leave the turpentine to dissolve all the wax.