What's the solvent for wax?
Bob
a lot of waxy compound. The wax of the compound filled holes and fine
lines and is very difficult to remove. I tried alcohol, paint thinner,
lacquer thinner, goof-off, ( with a toothbrush) etc. - but nothing
really seems to get at the wax of the compound. Isn't there a solvent
for wax? Thanks for any help.
Bob Durango
Rex
My next step would be acetone
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Household amonia worked for me....
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Or perhaps soak in vegetable oil.
Vegetable oil can be very effective in cleaning real sticky shop grease off
yer hands.
iirc, wax is a variably long hydrocarbon chain, with an -OH group at the
end, which technically makes it an alcohol. Other waxes are esters, also
with long-chain hydrocarbon chains on either side.
In the lab, you'd see that even bonafide alcohols, like hexanol, octanol,
etc, quickly lose their miscibility in water, as the chemical properties of
the hydrocarbon chain overwhelm those of the -OH group.
Which is all a prelude to saying that wax is proly more like a tar (very
long chain pure hydrocarbon), in this application, and probably tar remover
would do the job.
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Could try a bit of heat too -wax melts at a low temperature.
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Mark F
trichloro- and percholor-ethylene should do the trick too, but
leave a sticky residue IIRC. /mark
Gerry
How about soaking in a pot of hot water. The wax should melt and float
to the surface where you can skim it off when cooled
Eric R Snow
Greetings Bob,
I've had very good success using non-flammable brake cleaner to remove
wax. Perchloroethylene is what is used now (I think) in brake cleaner.
However, I buff metals now and then and have found that a warm ammonia
solution and a toothbrush will always remove any buffing compound that
I use. I imagine it will work for you as well.
ERS
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Don Foreman
Try naphtha. Ditzler/PPG "Acryli-clean (DX330) (auto paint store)
meant for removing waxes and silicones works great, but I think it's
basically just naphtha. Follow that with a trip thru the ultrasonic
if you have one or can get access to one.
geolane...@evenlink.com
On 21 Mar 2007 15:01:13 -0700, "Bob" <robert...@aol.com> wrote:
Xylene dissolves wax. It's available at the hardware stores around
here.
The other way to do it is put it in boiling water and then let it
cool there. The wax floats to the surface and hardens.
Both processes used in our histology laboratory every day.
RWL
Carl Byrns
Prep-Solv, available at body shop supply houses takes wax right off.
-Carl
Roger Shoaf
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> Try naphtha. Ditzler/PPG "Acryli-clean (DX330) (auto paint store)
> meant for removing waxes and silicones works great, but I think it's
> basically just naphtha.
Cigarette lighter fluid is naphtha. Probably cheaper if you don't need a
whole gallon.
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If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
It depends upon what kind of wax it was.
Naphta dissolves paraffin perfectly.
Terpentine dissolves carnauba wax.
Lard oil will dissolve stearine.
Heat helps in all cases. Warm the work and the solvent. Expect to soak and
agitate the piece to get wax out of tiny pores. An ultrasonic cleaner would
help a lot.
LLoyd
Don Foreman
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>"Don Foreman" <dfor...@NOSPAMgoldengate.net> wrote in message
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>> Try naphtha. Ditzler/PPG "Acryli-clean (DX330) (auto paint store)
>> meant for removing waxes and silicones works great, but I think it's
>> basically just naphtha.
>
>Cigarette lighter fluid is naphtha. Probably cheaper if you don't need a
>whole gallon.
Charcoal lighter probably is too. I'm sure there is more to
Acryli-clean than naphtha, but it smells like naphtha. It is
available in quarts, and a quart lasts me a very long time.
kc
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:26:04 -0700, "Roger Shoaf"
> <sh...@nospamsyix.com> wrote:
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>> "Don Foreman" <dfor...@NOSPAMgoldengate.net> wrote in message
>> news:urd303l9safl7q3h8...@4ax.com...
>
> Charcoal lighter probably is too. I'm sure there is more to
> Acryli-clean than naphtha, but it smells like naphtha. It is
> available in quarts, and a quart lasts me a very long time.
Don
Charcoal lighter is NOT naphtha,it is much too volatile!
My family calls it Uncle Claytons' alarm clock.....long story shortened,
We were all at the fish camp and my uncle Clayt got up at 5:30 and
decided to fire up the pot belly. He put in some paper and kindling, and
then in true Northern fashion threw in 1/2 cup of naptha. (We used
naphtha in the lanterns.)
Well it seems there were still a couple of hot coals in the bottom....
Blew the lid off the stove, blew down all the stove pipes and covered
everything and everyone in a heavy layer of soot.
Woke us up tho!
I believe BBQ lighter is a varsol like base.
Keith
clareatsnyder.on.ca
Almost indistinguishable from Varsol or Staddard solvent. Some is not
too far from what is sold in Europe and Africa as "Parafin", and in
some markets it is just about the same as "smokeless lamp oil"
Don Foreman
bob
MEK, Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone, also removes chewing gum from rugs, and Citrus
Degreaser.
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Michael Terrell
> D-Limonene dissolves waxes. It is a terpene like terpentine
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Clare Snyder
some powdered didhwasher soap. 2 gallons H2O, 2 cups Ammonia, and 1 -
2 cups dishwasher detergent, heated almost to a boil should strip the
wax off pretty quickly.
Jim Wilkins
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Don't use the wife's good kettle, though. Boiling water should melt the wax
but the detergent may not dissolve it all, so some could be left on the
walls of the pot.
I dissolve canning and toilet gasket wax in kerosene to paint the ends of
logs for my sawmill so they dry slowly without cracking.
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> Bob wrote:
>> I have an ornate old piece of pot metal that was put on a buff
>> using a lot of waxy compound. The wax of the compound filled
>> holes and fine lines and is very difficult to remove. I tried
>> alcohol, paint thinner, lacquer thinner, goof-off, ( with a
>> toothbrush) etc. - but nothing really seems to get at the wax of
>> the compound. Isn't there a solvent for wax? Thanks for any
>> help.
pandemic. (That is in no way an attempt to start an off-topic
conversation.) Isopropyl alcohol works MAGICALLY for removing hot
melt glue. Note that it is flammable.
pyotr filipivich
-0000 (UTC) typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
told "MEK". Not sure if Regg was right, pulling my leg, or both.
YMMV.
I've also had good luck with using Brake Cleaner on various
occasions. Again, YMMV. But not specifically wax.
I have, otoh, removed wax from brass candle holders by immersing
them in a pot of water, and heating that up on the stove. Word to the
wise: dedicate a pot to this activity, trying to get wax out of a
sauce pan is the same problem again. I have my cooking pans, and I
have my "craft" pans, and never the two shall meet.
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Clare Snyder
the part in varsol - not too hot - in a well ventilated area and away
from open flame. Then BOIL it in a mixture of Dawn dishsoap and water.
Mabee even skip the solvent soak and just go straight to the boiling
dawn. Or use automatic dishwashing detergent in place of the Dawn.
Heat to melt it, then a strong detergent to emulsify it and break it
down.