Bees wax-Does anyone use it

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08-13-2011, 06:09 AM

#61

JusticeClan

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Please tell me more. Is it in a bar shape like bath soap? Do you just slide the thread over it?

08-13-2011, 06:09 AM

#62

joycemarie

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Yes, and I think the bees wax is better.

08-13-2011, 06:10 AM

#63

Wonnie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barb44

I have always used it since I started quilting. Must have been in a book about hand quilting. My little box of wax is so well used. I saw a block of beeswax at my hardware store for 1.00. It is a little bigger than a bar of soap. I think it came from a local beekeeper. That's enough for the rest of my life.

I also use it for drawers that get sticky, zippers that don't slide well, etc. Lots of uses.

It's, also, great for rubbing along the tracks of your patio doors or the metal strips on the sides of the window facing where the window slides up and down ( that's if you have the old fashhioned windows like I do). Makes them slide like magic.

08-13-2011, 06:16 AM

#64

QuiltMom2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Joanie Owen

I use the same piece I've had for over 20 years. Cut it in 4 and have a piece in different spots and use it whenever I'm threading a needle. Love the stuff.

Years ago, I stopped at a roadside stand and they were selling bricks of beeswax (along with corn, flowers, etc) Still whacking off chunks of beeswax as needed and don't like to hand quilt without it!

08-13-2011, 06:21 AM

#65

Geri B

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Haven't used mine for about a year...needed it recently..it was dry and cracky...is there any way to rejuv the beeswax?

08-13-2011, 06:23 AM

#66

Quiltinvaca

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I'm laughing cause I still have the bees wax purchased at least 30 years ago. I use it whenever hand sewing or hand quilting.

Once you buy one of those round plastic containers, you'll have enough was to last your lifetime and probably a couple of your grandkids! Now that I think about it, bees wax is the cheapest thing in the sewing room!

08-13-2011, 06:39 AM

#67

Carol J.

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Ihave used it for many years and it doesn't leave any color or residue on your fabric. I cut my thread, run it into the beeswax and thread the needle with the end in your hand as you cut it off the spool.
Works good for rubbing on drawer slides or table top slides too, just rub it on.
Beeswax candles, unless they are sold as pure 100% beeswax, might have paraffin or perfume in them, I wouldn't use one.

Carol J.

08-13-2011, 06:52 AM

#68

grumpy90650

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i have not heard of this..no one i quilt with uses it, and i have not seen it in any classes i have taken...i will look for some (where do you get it?) and try it...thanks for the info.....