Make Your Beading Beeswax Work Better

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Make Your Beading Beeswax Work Better

by Diana Redlin
(By My Hands Jewelry)

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I beadweave quite alot and I always hated the chunk of hard beeswax I had to run my threads through. It came crumbling off in chunks that fell to the ground and it was a mess.

I tried Thread Heaven but it mostly dried out my threads.

So one day I decided to conquer my beeswax!

I put a chunk into a little cup and added a bit of olive oil and microwaved it. It got mushy and I stirred it and got it all mixed together and what a day that was!

Now I reach for my beeswax and it is nice and soft and coats my threads with ease. It never gets hard as a rock anymore or falls off in chunks.

You don't need much olive oil, as you want to be able to roll it into a nice ball. So start small and work your way to the perfect mix for your own tastes.

Diana Redlin
By My Hands Jewelry

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Make Your Beading Beeswax Work Better

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Better Beeswax for Beads
by: Rena

Thanks so much for sharing this fantastic beeswax tip, Diana! What a smart solution to the chunky wax problem.

And I have to say, your seed bead work is FABULOUS! Your beaded beads, miniature treasure box, etc. - just gorgeous and intricate.

Love seeing your work!

soft beeswax
by: Diana Redlin

Thank you Rena,
What a surprise to get the email about this piece.
I just love getting something good in my email box.
I had struggled with the beeswax problem for awhile. I think that I was reading something about waterproofing boots (!?) and the article said to soften the boot wax put it in the microwave for a few seconds. And a light bulb went off in my head.
Hurray!! So I did it with my beading wax. But once it cooled down it was back to that hard old chunk again. That's when I said I can't do this every time I use it....there's got to be a better way.
And there was!...that's the back story of my discovery.
Thanks again,
Diana

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