Anyway, I've held onto the wax for many years, wondering if it could be used for fly tying. This morning I decided to melt down the wax (as a way of removing some of the crust from the outside of the block and remove bits of wax paper that had fused to the surface). I saved an old spam tin just for this purpose.
I used a pan partially filled with water, to make a hot water bath to slowly melt the wax.
A pair of disposable wooden chopsticks worked nicely for stirring the melted wax, and removing the debris (wax paper).
Once melted, I then pored some of the wax into those little plastic butter thingies you get at restaurants. They seemed like the perfect size for little cube of wax for tying purpose.
I made up several small pieces of wax (flat pieces & cubes). The rest I pored into a plastic sandwich back an flattened out into a large disk, which was placed into the freezer. Hopefully once it is ice cold, I can break it into smaller pieces for future use.
Anyway, just wanted to show my latest crazy experiment in this ever-fascinating hobby.
(Thanks Dad, for the new tying wax)
