Wax Sealing

[Rodolphe01]

I'm interested to know where people who wax seal their bottles get their wax from, and for how much?

Only place I can seem to find sealing wax is plasdene, but they have $100 minimum order and costs ~$30 for a 850g block. Waaaaaaay more than I need. Ebay seems to have smaller quantities of envelope sealing wax, but seems relatively expensive.

I was thinking of maybe using bees wax as it is fairly soft? I used regular wax on a fews bottle a little while ago to see how it goes, too brittle etc as I suspected it would be.

I want to seal up a few bottles of stout and leave them somewhere and forget about them for a few years maybe

 

[mintsauce]

I heard wax crayon's mixed with Glue sticks

 

[Milky11111]

I'd love to hear how you go mate, this sounds like a great idea for when fancy bottles are needed.

 

[vykuza]

I've seen it done with excellent results from bees wax (check ebay candlemaking suppliers) and crayons for the colour.

Edit: dental floss was used for the string wrapped around the neck so you can zip it open.

 

[adryargument]

Waxed bottles... hmmm...
Plasdene may be an option, if you can grab a few people for a $100 buy.
Heck, i wouldnt mind 300-500g's.

 

[wrath]

Would the wax used for wax stamp type seals work or is this too hard? Can get it in small sticks from most stationery type shops.

 

[Strange Brew]

New Directions Australia

I don't think these guys have minimum order quantites. $33 for 600g and then courier on top of that. Unless you're planning a trip to Sydney.

 

[pcmfisher]

cheese wax?

 

[Howlingdog]

cheese wax?

http://shop.cheeselinks.com.au/Cheese-Wax-c15/

 

[Silo Ted]

Ghetto version as mentioned earlier in this thread.


http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/hot-glue-b...eriment-127485/

 

[barls]

got mine for more beer. its the same as cheese wax from what ive heard.

 

[QldKev]

I've got plenty of wax in my ears, I'll sell it

 

[rob2263]

Attached link, these guys may be an option for you. Also have the colour pigment dye chips.

http://www.naturalcandlesupply.com.au/

 

[stuchambers]

I used some bees wax to bottle mead it worked well and leaves a nice honey smell too.
The bloke I bought it off said to dip the bottle into ice cold water immediately after coating that is supposed to make the wax shinny.



Cheers Stu

 

[pdilley]

I use beeswax as I have bees and an endless supply. The prices for a kilo of beeswax from a bee supplier will be very inexpensive compared to the prices being bandied around here for LHBS/wine wax. You can also try to hit up your local beekeeping club if you find no joy searching online beekeeping suppliers.

Cheers
Brewer Pete

 

[Rodolphe01]

I pulled the trigger on beeswax, got it through ebay so probably paid too much ($20/kg inc. postage), but it's easier than tracking down a bee club.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[jayahhdee]

Used the ghetto method mentioned above tonight on a few bottles as a trial and am thrilled with the results.

I did a few different test with it and found adding some tea candles helped decrease the strength of the glue when dried and cooled.

I will be using this on anything special or anything I intend on aging for an period of time from now on.