Kiniyeow Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Not powered, but small hand held blocks preferred. I will be using it for coating small wood turned projects. What I don't want is Paraffin wax (for candles) which is sold at Chiang Mai Plastics and World Chemical (both great places BTW). Has anyone seen a good source for them? The Carnauba wax would be preferred as it is a harder wax, but either one or a blend of the two will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloFlyer Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Also interested. Beeswax I believe is translated as 'khi phueng' (bee shit) ... so if you wanna do the asking, great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatbrat Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 im no sure if you can buy bees wax here, but I go to the mountains often where I know a local tribe who have it, if you tell me how much you want I could get some for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Actually you missed a trick, real beeswax is in the shelf in world chemical, infront of the office. I bought some last week, but I got from warorot market. In world c its 130bt a kilo and market was 120bt kilo. Paraffin wax for candles is around 65bt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiniyeow Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Thanks Eyecatcher, I'll have to return to World Chemical and look again. I don't remember seeing beeswax there before, but I wasn't looking for it either. I still would like to get a chunk of Carnauba wax also. Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboozled Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I was at World Chemical yesterday and bought paraffin wax and they also had something called "palm" wax...75 baht/kg. I bought it for the hell of it not really knowing what it is. Google told me it is carnauba wax...well i'll be a monkey's uncle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiniyeow Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Guess I'll be making a return trip there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puwa Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Blocks of beeswax available at the large Chinese medicine shop in Warorot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiniyeow Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Have the beeswax already, now if I can just find some Boiled linseed Oil and some mineral Oil, I'd be all set..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkGuitar Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Blocks of pure beeswax are sold in EVERY Buddhist religious shop in Thailand. Plenty of them all around town... Several in the Warrarot Mkt area alone. Several along the main street in front of the Holiday Inn. Several on Suthep Road... Everywhere! And they all sell both large and small blocks of beeswax. Some sell purified wax, others sell raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboozled Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 There are a few bee farms around town where you can get bees wax from the source. I went to one near the train station...sort of. Tons....of bees wax, purified or with unpurified. However, it was not super cheap I think I paid 200 baht a kg or something like that. I thought it would be cheaper and perhaps it could be if you bargain. They apparently ship it to Bkk for making candles. Refined linseed oil, I bought a small bottle for 50 baht at the stationery/artist supply shop off of Chotana Road, on the soi a bit before Tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboozled Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 ...by the way the carnauba wax is granular, not a block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiniyeow Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Refined (Raw) Linseed oil is not what I'm looking for. It dry's waaaayyyy to slow and usually takes weeks to cure. Boiled Linseed oil just means that the oil has dryer additives in it to make it dry faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboozled Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 How about teak oil in place of the linseed? I bought teak oil at Home Pro a while back. Would it be possible to put the additives in the linseed yourself? If you thin it with Naphtha would that help you? It's very quick drying and would thin down the linseed...which would make it dry more quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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