String building wax

[monterey]

Who makes the stickiest string wax?  Just got a couple spools of Brownells B50 and it's unwaxed.  I tried my usual stuff and it's just not sticky enough.

[LBR]

I have my own that I've been using for many years.  The string builder's wax from 3 Rivers is pretty good also.

[monterey]

Do you make your own?  If so, would you share the recipe?

[Pat B]

Some folks use a wax toilet ring for string wax. Makes pretty good string wax and you'll have a lifetime supply.

[JRY309]

I made my own string wax,I melted down 1/2 pound of bee's wax with a 1/2 toilet ring wax and poured in little paper cups.It made a good bit of wax,great for string making and just plain waxing strings.There are many different formulas that will work,this is what I did.

[Doug_K]

Originally posted by JRY309:
I made my own string wax,I melted down 1/2 pound of bee's wax with a 1/2 toilet ring wax and poured in little paper cups.It made a good bit of wax,great for string making and just plain waxing strings.There are many different formulas that will work,this is what I did.

I did the same, though I don't recall the ratio I used. Made a near lifetime supply of string wax, and better quality than anything I've bought.

[monterey]

Hmmmmmm. I've been using toilet bowl wax alone and it has worked well with the massive roll of B50 that after many years is going to run out soon.  It's heavily waxed and is very sticky on it's own and is sticky enough when I add more wax to the string.

Maybe I need to melt some beeswax into it for the stickiness needed.

[LBR]

Mine is a bee's wax/toilet bowl seal blend also.  I'll have to get my wife to get the recipe for me--can't remember off the top of my head.  I think it's 2# of bee's wax to one extra-thick seal, but I'll have to check to be sure.  Poured up 30-something pounds worth a while back...should last a year or three.

[monterey]

I'm going to do a small batch with gradually increasing the beeswax and see what happens.

Thanks for the ideas.

[A.S.]

I use 8 parts bee's wax to one part toilet bowl ring. This works great. It's sticky without being too soft.

[Pat B]

Chad(LBR) gave me a half dozen cups of his wax a few years back and I haven't come close to using it up. It's the only string wax I use.

[Butch Speer]

I made a 4 to 1 mixture of beeswax and rosin. Not as sticky as Textite but plenty good for string making and not as messy.

[Msturm]

toilet ring and bee wax 1:1. In a pinch I have also used surf wax.

[monterey]

Surf wax.  Don't see much of that here in Colorado.  

[LBR]

Remembered to ask my wife.  Two x-large "Oatey" brand toilet bowl seals and 5.5# of pure bee's wax.  Probably more than the average person needs, but that's the blend I like and use.  I sell 2 oz cups for $5.

[Msturm]

Monterey go to a hockey shop. they got it, people use it to wax the tape on their stick blade. but, go with beeswax and toilet bowl wax.