I recently inherited a large amount of exotic woods that have been dipped in a waxy substance, I'm assuming paraffin wax.
What is the best/easiest method to remove the paraffin?
Thanks, Craig
I recently inherited a large amount of exotic woods that have been dipped in a waxy substance, I'm assuming paraffin wax.
What is the best/easiest method to remove the paraffin?
Thanks, Craig
I hope you understand why it was coated; it would be a shame to ruin it all.
Tough one... Put it in the freezer for a few hours the scrape off what you can. Put some brown paper or paper towels over it then use an old iron on it. Can't think of any solvent off hand.
Would mineral spirits work? Andy
I've used a Hyde paint scrapper, like the one in the link below, to good effect for that task. Generally takes it right off with little effort.
Yes, removing the paraffin could make the wood split or crack. Best to leave it on until you are ready to use it.
"Craig" wrote in news:1176149770.919894.325900 @p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
Woodturners mount it on the lathe, and turn it away. Is this the type of stock you got? Because the lathe tools don't mind it at all.
Mineral spirits, VMP naptha or similar usually will dissolve the remnants after a gentle scraping with whatever is at hand. It's a common approach to slowing down the drying of the materials.
Patriarch
Fire. Takes it right off.
Paraffin means petroleum fraction. Any other lighter petroleum fraction should work.
Google "paraffin solvent". Many results there include mineral spirits, xylene, and hexane. I've never had reason to do it, but as other posters suggested, gently remove the big stuff by hand (scraper), then rinse off the rest with a solvent. Multiple light rinses probably better. Maybe follow with a scraper for the little that's left in the grain. Some parrafin that's used medically for local heat treatments includes something like baby oil in it, and it comes off the skin a lot easier than that without it. If you try heating, as one poster suggested, maybe a quick wipe with it would help, but it may just soak in farther. Let us know your results.
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I recently inherited a large amount of exotic woods that have been dipped in a waxy substance, I'm assuming paraffin wax.
What is the best/easiest method to remove the paraffin?
Thanks, Craig
I thought about that, but questioned if the paraffin woould penetrate into the wood. Might be better to scrape and/or sand it off.
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