The Armour Archive

Are there any beekeepers on the archive? Alternatively, what source do you use for beeswax sold by the pound? Thanks.

Pretty sure my Wife got some for me on Amazon.

If you have a Michaels craft store, you can occasionally get the 50% off 1 single item coupon, and buy it there. They usually have clear/white and natural. The natural (yellowish tint) still has the smell of honey to it. Unless someone is gathering it locally, you probably won't find it much cheaper than that.

I think I actually threw away about 2 pounds of the natural stuff still in the wrapper a few months back when I moved because I figured I'd hadn't used it in several years and probably never would.
-Cian

www.swanscandles.com

The more you buy, the less it costs. I bought 10 pounds on Friday. I spent roughly $6.60 a pound, versus $15 a pound at Hobby Lobby.

Ask your local brewers.
There are more local small scale apiaries all the time that will barter.
The other option is to organize a bulk order or talk with a local candle shop.
Ordering a hundred pounds gets you a better price.

I get mine at Pat Catan's.

I maybe able to sell it for around $5 a pound plus shipping. If your interested I will what I can do.. p.m. me.

I got mine at a muzzle loader shoot. they were 5# cakes. I haven't bought any in quite a while...

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?products_id=73

http://www.candlewic.com/

watch for some of the decent sales they have... and by being able to buy in bulk, they sell 55 lb bags for about $260-ish (making it less than $5/lb)

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Hospitaller@Acre, I'm going to compare prices for a day or two, but keep an eye on your PM's. If your price is about the same as what I can get at a big chain, I'd rather support a small business.

Used to be toilet seals were beezwax....

I think "used to be" seems to be the key element there. They are made of a heavy petroleum distilate with other "stuff" to make it sticky.
Some target shooting people those rings in a 50/50 mix with parrafin for ammo lube. Similar color, but no actual bees wax in the ones made in the past 20+ years.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik wrote:I think "used to be" seems to be the key element there. They are made of a heavy petroleum distilate with other "stuff" to make it sticky.
Some target shooting people those rings in a 50/50 mix with parrafin for ammo lube. Similar color, but no actual bees wax in the ones made in the past 20+ years.
-Cian

Good to know. Shame, because they're pretty cheap, pretty big, and WOULD have been a good source.