"Are you then using salt to tune in the balance? I thought that I read in here that there is another ingredient to sub for salt?
My mix that I have ran pretty successfully is lab grade De-ionized water / Ethylene Glycol 70/30%
Note: im not using your…"
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Having trouble locating a good up to date DIY formula
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I'm looking to swap the wax out in a lamp I have, and I'm interested in doing the wax and clear liquid from scratch. Is there a good up to date DIY formula for both the wax and the liquid? I've found…Continue
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"Awesome, Thanks :) "
"I have actually used both tetra and perc successfully, they seem to do the same thing"
"I'm pretty sure it is the chlorinated part that tells you it is most likely PERC/Tetrachloroethylene. Also, non-chlorinated brake cleaner is also flammable. "
"The brand doesn't matter- Just make sure its the non-flammable kind with Perc listed as the main ingredient."
"I'm also interested in making some wax. Just wondering what brand of brake fluid you used? Does it matter if its chlorinated or not? "
"Right. No matter what, the ratio of wax to PERC/Lamp oil is going to be the same."
"So are you replacing the amount of paraffin with microcrystalline, or that's how much you're adding to the formula overall?"
"Yeah, I put an empty jar on my scale, tare it, then weigh the fluids. I don't go by volume, only weight.
I've been messing with the microcrystalline in several ratios, and so far the best seems to be 1 part micro to 4 parts…"
"Ant Bee-
That looks like a good start to a formula based on all the reading I've done. A couple questions to clarify: for the Perc, are you also weighing it? I.e. squirting it into a glass and measuring totally based on…"
"I've got a very good formula going- modified from another user here. I just don't have microcrystalline yet. But it looks great and flows just like the real thing.
WAX Ingredients (by weight)
1 Parts Liquid Paraffin (clear…"
"Not yet, no. I'm trying to achieve clarity results comparable to Clearview lamps."
"Found anything?"
Having trouble locating a good up to date DIY formula
I'm looking to swap the wax out in a lamp I have, and I'm interested in doing the wax and clear liquid from scratch. Is there a good up to date DIY formula for both the wax and the liquid? I've found some really good resources here, but I seem to have a lot of trouble finding consistent all around guides for doing a lamp from scratch, wax and all.See More
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