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#1 ·
I just found a great deal on the ever so hard to find gum rosin. I just got my order of 55lbs in a nice round container a few days ago. It was delivered by Fed X for a total cost of $112.50.
I bought it from Mann Lake the first time but this saved me around $40.00.

The website is http://pdmchemicals.com/
Just call the 1-800 number and tell them want you want.

Here are some pictures of my hive dipping operation.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27288326@N08/

I hope this is helpful to everyone.

Bruce
 
#10 ·
I dipped over a hundred deeps, westerns, migratory bottoms and lids this spring. I used perhaps 20 pounds of wax (soaked into the wood and dripped on the ground etc, not the whole amount in the tank) and could not be happier with the look of the wooden ware and the total lack of ANY weathering at all. This fall I am going to build a larger tank that will hold two boxes at a time and heat it electrically with a P.I.D. Controller so I can skip the two hour warmup.
 
#19 · (Edited)
In my opinion, I think you would be much more satisfied with a mix of microcrystalline wax which as a melt point of approximately 180 degrees and paraffin wax in which the cheapest type has a melt point of approximately 130 degrees. Paraffin and gum rosin has a very slippery feel to it especially in hot weather. The reason gum rosin has been used in the past it because paraffin does not bond well to wood and rosin does. Microcyristalline wax does bond well to wood and again in my opinion provides a much better final product with the woodware that does not tend to get greasy and soft in hot weather. I plan to experiment with gradually blending in bees wax in the future since it has a melt point of approximately 147 degrees. There may be other drawbacks to it that I am not aware of yet but I think it is worth a try.

I get my wax here:

https://www.candlemaking.com/candlemaking/wholesale-wax/microcrystaline.html

https://www.candlemaking.com/best-seller-igi-1230-multi-purpose-wax-60lb-case.html

https://www.candlemaking.com/candlemaking/wholesale-wax/multi-purpose.html

That is not to say there is anything wrong with paraffin and gum rosin. It has worked well for a long time. Cory at Ohio Bee Box Company has been using it but l believe he plans to change over to microcyristalline wax and paraffin once he has exhausted his current stocks to gum rosin.
 
#20 ·
Thanks for the advice and links. Will mull over... I ordered recycled white zero fragrance paraffin wax at $0.84/lb (at 1000lbs quantity) and recycled microcrystalline wax at $1.75 /lb at 200lb quantity from New England Industries JC Danczak division in Chicopee MA. Tel# 800-831-3220. There is better pricing for larger lots and it is more expensive for smaller lots. This does not include shipping. They are about 2 hours away and I'll be picking it up with my truck.
 
#21 ·
I live in SC and we know about hot sun. I dip with 2/3 parrifen 147 melt point and pine rosin 180 melt point. I havent had any greasy boxes yet. A friend bought some boxes from SAK honey out Texas who uses same mix. His boxes are 5 years old and not greasy either. Now they are slicker then painted boxes because of the harder rosin. My rosin I picked up from Diamond forestry products in Ga. I have no issues using the pine rosin. I dont know anything about the Brazilian rosin. I have over 1600.00 in tank wax and rosin. I have enough wax for a couple years. If you can get rosin or microcrystalline close enough to pick up yourself thats the way to go. I bought 600lbs of wax and 200lbs of rosin. I at least 300.00 by picking up.
 
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