linda rosen on mon 14 feb 00
I opened a jar of water based wax resist to find that it had separated (like
curd and whey) and was moldy too. I have used resist for many years and
never had this problem before. Is this a brand fault? Does anyone know how
to prevent this happening?
Thanks from Linda in Toronto.... a SNOWY place
Charles G Hughes on tue 15 feb 00
I had my wax separate after it was frozen. I tried to remix it, but was not
pleasant to use.
As for the mold...I have no idea!
-C
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From: linda rosen
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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: moldy wax resist
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I opened a jar of water based wax resist to find that it had separated
(like
> curd and whey) and was moldy too. I have used resist for many years and
> never had this problem before. Is this a brand fault? Does anyone know how
> to prevent this happening?
>
> Thanks from Linda in Toronto.... a SNOWY place
Brad Sondahl on tue 15 feb 00
I've had it happen a lot with Aftosa wax. If you dip a brush into it
you introduce lots of mold spores and bacteria. To prevent this I pour
a little chlorine bleach in, usually when I thin it for use. The stuff
in the original container usually doesn't mold unless contaminated, but
the same fix will work.
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