Yellow fillet wax in Canada or USA?


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Since It's near impossible to find the eccomposites type fillet wax locally I'm going to try dental utility wax. It is soft and easily molded and pressed and will be easy to fillet into edges that need sealing. The melting temp is in the area of 70C. I'm assuming that it will release from resins easily as well. Even it if doesn't it will be easy to scrape off. I will have to see if the stuff will be dissolved by the surfacing epoxies but it shouldn't since epoxies don't really have any solvents properties.... 

Also, with the quick pass of a butane torch the surface will liquify ever so slightly allowing to essentially re harden in a polished-like state.
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Nah it's not. Beeswax is harder, I've got a pot of it here for woodworking. It may have Beeswax in it but it's not pure... 
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Hanaldo (04/10/2015)
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just use modeling clay


It's horrible though. I'll certainly never go back to using clay or plasticine. 


I'll second that... Could the EC stuff just be bees wax?
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George Sychrovsky (04/10/2015)
just use modeling clay


It's horrible though. I'll certainly never go back to using clay or plasticine. 
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just use modeling clay


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I'd say both of those will be much harder than the EC filleting wax. There's no way you could sculpt or carve the EC stuff, it's extremely soft. 
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So I haven't been able to nail down a source in Canada/US for the Easycomposites yellow fillet wax.

Looking on the Freeman site they have a few options

This wax is said to have a soft sticky feel which sounds like it might be good for filleting... Any insight as to the consistency of the yellow stuff sold by easy composites?

This brown wax is said to be soft somewhat sticky and provides a good surface finish 

Any advice as to which might be a suitable replacement?

Thanks!
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This looks very similar.
i have filleting wax form EC, but from structure and smell defenetely looks beeswax.

so maybe anyone with no access to buy, could try this recipe.
http://craftingagreenworld.com/2011/...eling-beeswax/

i haven't try it. so don't get me wrong its 100% same

maybe it will help someone
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any links? I couldn't find anything searching the site. Thanks!
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Smooth-on distributor has similar products
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