Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by tie2fish » Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:10 pm

wsbailey wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:37 pm I'm sorry I said anything about it at all.
Same goes for me. I'll not quibble in the future.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by Bazzer69 » Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:44 pm

There is no mention of Wonder Wax. I use others, but for touch dubbing and using the block for flymphs it works great.
Which reminds me that I need a new dubbing block! A really nice one please Bill.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by zen leecher » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:44 pm

Bazzer69 wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:44 pm There is no mention of Wonder Wax. I use others, but for touch dubbing and using the block for flymphs it works great.
Which reminds me that I need a new dubbing block! A really nice one please Bill.
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I've used both the original Overton's and 722 winter wax. There's no comparison.

Bill Shuck - wife is taking off on a trip later today. I will try the plastic baggie and a dash of water and report. Hopefully I'm not scraping down the inside of the microwave.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by letumgo » Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:00 pm

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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by zen leecher » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:18 pm

Wife has left and it wasn't and the results weren't an issue. I wouldn't put water in the baggie as none of the ingredients are water soluble..... I'd do a couple drops of a neutral oil of some sorts.

Anyways I used water and it didn't serve any purpose, but 15 seconds in the microwave at full power did soften up the wax. I was a tad leery of going further. I went in 5 second increments and checked the results in between.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by PhilA » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:34 pm

zen leecher wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:12 pm If my 722 can't be brought back to life I guess I need some more. Great Feathers does not have any for sale. They seem to have less and less products for sale based on the size of their website about 5 years ago.
Several different tying waxes, including 6-2-1, 7-2-1, and 7-2-2 formulas, are available from Gunpowder Custom Tackle (https://www.gunpowdercustomtackle.com/). I'm not a wax expert, but both their 7-2-1 and 7-2-2 waxes seem excellent. I probably like 7-2-2 wax the best. The proprietor of Gunpowder Custom Tackle appears to be a soft-hackle devotee, and the store offers several interesting items for traditional fly tying.

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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by zen leecher » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:53 pm

PhilA wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:34 pm
zen leecher wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:12 pm If my 722 can't be brought back to life I guess I need some more. Great Feathers does not have any for sale. They seem to have less and less products for sale based on the size of their website about 5 years ago.
Several different tying waxes, including 6-2-1, 7-2-1, and 7-2-2 formulas, are available from Gunpowder Custom Tackle (https://www.gunpowdercustomtackle.com/). I'm not a wax expert, but both their 7-2-1 and 7-2-2 waxes seem excellent. I probably like 7-2-2 wax the best. The proprietor of Gunpowder Custom Tackle appears to be a soft-hackle devotee, and the store offers several interesting items for traditional fly tying.

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This must be why Great Feathers doesn't have much in the line of soft hackles any longer. This guy must have split off from them and went west.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by tie2fish » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:41 pm

The English company Veniards used to market these waxes. I have a cake of their 7-2-2 that I got at Great Feathers a few years ago. It is a very nice winter wax, however it no longer appears on their website.
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Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

Post by wsbailey » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:43 am

I confess my faulty memory led me to write that the 721 is 70% beeswax when it should be 70% rosin. Sorry for any confusion.

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