Thread: Wax Seals

I've used candles. The wax is ultra cheap that way, and the dark red looks classy. Just drip a relatively thick layer onto the stationary and press the seal into it. A thick wax layer holds up better to rough handling than a thinner layer. Also, use thick stationary so it has some pores for the wax to sink into, so the seal doesn't flake off easily. With both of these caveats, the wax seals will stand up to rough handling by people, and withstand them flexing the stationary during normal handling or dropping it accidentaly. Bending the stationary at 45 degrees or more will cause the seal to break open though, so I'm not sure if it would go through an automated sorting machine or not.

I did all that with mine some years back and still had them fail...I think modern technology isn't kind to older tech. A wax seal was just that at one stage though, a seal in lieu of the lick and stick envelopes that have changed to peel and seal...


Mick

This is great! I didn't know people still used them.I used to use the sealing wax for the ends of bagpipe drone reeds back in the 1970's.I remember thinking that's what it's for now that envelopes have been invented.The old Set of R.G.Lawries haven't been played for years now though.

Originally Posted by charlie762

This is great! I didn't know people still used them.I used to use the sealing wax for the ends of bagpipe drone reeds back in the 1970's.I remember thinking that's what it's for now that envelopes have been invented.The old Set of R.G.Lawries haven't been played for years now though.

Maybe you should get them out...

get the pipes out and play. It's not fair to those that want to play and suck so bad to have those that can and don't hogging up all the talent.

Now back to our previous topic

Originally Posted by okiwen

get the pipes out and play. It's not fair to those that want to play and suck so bad to have those that can and don't hogging up all the talent.

Now back to our previous topic

I get out of puff climbing stairs these days! but they were my uncle's and were played at the Somme so I can't part with them.That reminds me, we used to wax up the hemp thread with a black flexible wax which I remember as being really sticky p'raps too sticky for seals though.