Dental Wax Sheets

[jkeithrussell]

For those who use dental wax to keep glue from getting inside the tubes -- where do you get it? I thought I saw a pack in the CSUSA catalog, but I can't find it on their website. Dental supply websites want $20 for a small box.

 

[scotian12]

Go to Michaels and get some wax sheets( honeycomb pattern). They work well for me and are inexpensive. Darrell Eisner

 

[VisExp]

Arizona Silhouette stocks it. 30 cents a sheet. I brought 10 sheets soon after I started. Great stuff.

http://www.arizonasilhouetteinc.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=450

 

[jkeithrussell]

Thanks!

 

[rjwolfe3]

AS is where I got mine and I am still on my first sheet after over a hundred pens made.

 

[Randy_]

I make my own. There are always some short candle stubs laying around the house. I melt some of them down in an empty tin can and then pour a thin layer of wax (abiut 1/8") into a couple of empty tunafish cans. If you actually want sheet wax, you could probably put a layer or two of wax paper in a baking pan and then pour some melted wax into the pan.

Buying the sheets from Bill is very economical; but I hate paying 5 or 6 bucks postage for $2 worth of wax sheets and my need for wax always seems to surface at a time when I don't need to order anything else.

 

[rjwolfe3]

That's a good idea, wonder if my wife will notice some of her candles missing?

 

[ldl1017]

If you check on EBay, they have 5 pound boxes of base plate wax for as low as $25.00.

 

[Texatdurango]

....Buying the sheets from Bill is very economical; but I hate paying 5 or 6 bucks postage for $2 worth of wax sheets and my need for wax always seems to surface at a time when I don't need to order anything else.

Wow, that was my dilehma exactly. Cheap minds must think alike! :biggrin:

When I started doing a lot of "kitless" pens I had a need for some nib feeds so broke down and placed an order and stocked up with a few dozen sheets of the wax. Now I've got wax for 50+ years or 188,324 pens whichever comes first!

 

[Monty]

I make my own. There are always some short candle stubs laying around the house. I melt some of them down in an empty tin can and then pour a thin layer of wax (abiut 1/8") into a couple of empty tunafish cans. If you actually want sheet wax, you could probably put a layer or two of wax paper in a baking pan and then pour some melted wax into the pan.

Buying the sheets from Bill is very economical; but I hate paying 5 or 6 bucks postage for $2 worth of wax sheets and my need for wax always seems to surface at a time when I don't need to order anything else.

To quote a C&W song ........why didn't I think of that?

 

[Texatdurango]

If you check on EBay, they have 5 pound boxes of base plate wax for as low as $25.00.

Yes, but do you know how many sheets that is and how long they would last? See my estimates on just a few dozen sheets in the above post.

 

[Monty]

If you check on EBay, they have 5 pound boxes of base plate wax for as low as $25.00.

Plus shipping from Canada

 

[Ligget]

OK I am Scottish so I am well known for being thrifty with money, when my wax sheets finished I went back to the sliced potato to stop the glue getting in the tubes, potato borrowed from a neighbour of course! LOL

 

[Randy_]

If you check on EBay, they have 5 pound boxes of base plate wax for as low as $25.00.

Yeah; but for me that would be a 12,000 year supply and I don't think I will be making pens for that long!!:biggrin:

 

[MesquiteMan]

Plumber's putty from the local harware store is cheap, good, and one tub will last a LONG time. Squish out a medium layer and use it just like the wax sheets.

 

[jkeithrussell]

Plumber's putty from the local harware store is cheap, good, and one tub will last a LONG time. Squish out a medium layer and use it just like the wax sheets.

That's a good idea. I need to get some anyway to try to salvage my aerosal spray can from Harbor Freight which leaks air like crazy.

 

[PenMan1]

I use plumber's putty.

I use plumber's putty. It works very well, pushes out easily with a dowel or barrell trimmer and is soft and can be re-used. I used to use play dough, but the kids got grown and over time the play dough gets hard. A 69 cent can of plumbers putty has lasted me over two years. just toss the used portion back in the jar and reseal it.

 

[PenMan1]

I use a 18 X 18 inch marble floor tile sprayed with Pam as a glue up board. It works pretty well at keeping the glue off my high-dollar work bench. After I finish glueing up, I still have to clean the tile with a putty knife. I bought the tile on close out at BORG for 99 cents. I know there must be a better way! anyone got any ideas?

 

[jleiwig]

I use a 18 X 18 inch marble floor tile sprayed with Pam as a glue up board. It works pretty well at keeping the glue off my high-dollar work bench. After I finish glueing up, I still have to clean the tile with a putty knife. I bought the tile on close out at BORG for 99 cents. I know there must be a better way! anyone got any ideas?

Other than wax paper, I think your idea is very good and may steal it for myself.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Quote:
Originally Posted by PenMan1
I use a 18 X 18 inch marble floor tile sprayed with Pam as a glue up board. It works pretty well at keeping the glue off my high-dollar work bench. After I finish glueing up, I still have to clean the tile with a putty knife. I bought the tile on close out at BORG for 99 cents. I know there must be a better way! anyone got any ideas?

Other than wax paper, I think your idea is very good and may steal it for myself.

I agree!

 

[SkookumPens]

I just asked my dental assistant and she gave me several sheets for free.

Craig Chatterton
Puyallup, WA

 

[stoneman]

To quote a C&W song ........why didn't I think of that?

Monty,

There is a lot of wisdom in the lines of those C&W songs. Even the titles get to you sometimes, like those C&W love songs such as,

"How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away" or

"I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like You're Here"

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

 

[jkeithrussell]

Monty,

There is a lot of wisdom in the lines of those C&W songs. Even the titles get to you sometimes, like those C&W love songs such as,

"How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away" or

"I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like You're Here"

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Or my all-time favorite: "How Can I Kiss The Lips At Night, That Chewed My As* Out All Day Long." Lest you think I'm kidding, look it up!