wood varnish

 Making wood varnish from beeswax - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEbqQ1Z8AYo

Varnishing wood with only bees wax - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBK4ZKOinhc

Varnish with beeswax and coconut oil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6VINWpRgPc

How to use varnish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9I-xqd8QlU


I have a block of bees wax from last year - part of the book making kit - that I tried first, using a heat tool to melt the wax and coat the wood but it was difficult to get an even coating so I got some bees wax pellets which I melted alongside some coconut oil;


I applied a few layers using some calico and buffed it in but in truth it's still not the best;


It's kind of getting there but still not the best. I think a few more layers and potentially a bit more wax than oil but I think I will just have to leave it at this point and move on to other things as I'm not sure the wood will ever work completely perfectly without industrial level equipment. I'll apply multiple layers to each stamp and include care instructions to make sure the reader knows to use cold water and to gentle brush the stamp over the ink pad. As a concept it works, it could just do with a bit more work.

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