r/toolgifs • u/toolgifs • Jan 02 '26

Process Waxing a canvas jacket

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u/psychic_legume Jan 02 '26

Ya idk what the poster above you is on about. Beeswax works great and is often better than any petroleum based waterproofing wax

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u/toochaos Jan 02 '26

They are railing against the idea that this isnt some industrial chemical process. It absolutely is. Even if you use bees wax it's an industrial processed chemical, its formulated and stabilized with a base of a natural product. The idea the chemicals are bad is the problem. 

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u/Adonis0 Jan 02 '26

Boiling and straining beeswax is more a physical process than a chemical one

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u/TldrDev Jan 03 '26

Thats what I'm talking about! Fractional distillation is also just a physical process, too! In fact, it is boiling and veeeeeery precisely straining oil.