Should you charge a Beall buffer with beeswax?

[Jim Stoppleworth]

The subject prettymuch says it all. A secondary question would it mess up the carnuba already in the wheel?

Jim

 

[Barry Elder]

In order not to cross-contaminate your buffing wheels, each wheel should be used for one item. Otherwise you are liable to wind up buffing something with some kind of yuck pudding.

 

[Malcolm Smith]

The Carnauba is the hardest of the waxes. For this reason it's hard to imagine why you would want to use another wax unless you are not using a high speed buffing system. Some melting accomplished by the high speed wheels allows us to use this very superior wax.

MAlcolm Smith.

 

[Brian Hahn]

Why do you want to use beeswax instead of carnuba?
Carnuba is a superior wax unless you want to make certain pharmaceuticals.

If your heart is set on beeswax, use a separate wheel.

 

[Jim Stoppleworth]

Why do you want to use beeswax instead of carnuba?

Don't necessarily. Normally if I use beeswax I do it on the lathe and it is almost always just for bottle stoppers. Some of the oily woods seem to look better with beeswax.

Jim