I am using bees wax for coating but in order to coat a substrate i need to melt it , is there any way its soluble in any solvent ?

Martin Stew @Martin-Stew

19 May 2017 1 2K Report

Application is a problem for me after melting bees wax at 80 deg C .

Jack Silver

Try turpentine. Other non-polar solvents may work as well such as ethyl acetate, toluene, hexanes (or petroleum ether).

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