Beeswax Vs Paraffin

I show the differences between paraffin and bees’ wax.
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[@oreubens]

the white stuff on the beeswax is indeed fat bloom similar to what happens on chocolate. It can also happen on candles.

[@Nicksperiments]

I wish I could excrete excess fat

[@electronicsNmore]

To minimize shrinking you need to get the paraffin just hot enough to pour, and pour very slowly. I learned that years ago making candles, Great video!

[@domramsey]

As a chocolate maker, your comment about bloom intrigued me. Bloom is caused by untempered cocoa butter fat crystals on the surface and the structure is very different from tempered chocolate. I wonder if you could change the thermal properties of beeswax by tempering it..?

[@CasualUnboxing]

I Love the smell of beeswax, My grandpa was a beekeeper, when I was a kid I used to help him out, he had over 80 beehives in his apiary, it was so scary and exciting at the same time to have millions of bees flying around you, I loved that feeling. I still remember the wonderful smells of bee smoker, honey and beeswax in his harvesting shed.

[@1224chrisng]

I think the most important differences is that Paraffin Wax is an Alkane, Bees Wax is a Lipid.

[@Terrus_38]

Where's ear wax?

[@alibenzer]

I love how you can see the timelapse camera takes a picture once every 20 seconds. Clock creates a triangle shape because of that

[@Al4beef]

I melted these two together to make cloth waterproofing. The paraffin is used to cut (dilute) the bees wax and the beeswax makes the paraffin less brittle. It's marketed as Greenland wax

[@gayforbrae5693]

at the end it looks like cody has cat ears

[@FlubberGamer]

You’re videos are actually my favorite because they are always informative and interesting and it’s what you’re into which shows through, love your videos man keep on making them

[@meetim2931]

The smells are one of the best parts of beekeeping. Beeswax, smoke, honey & the hive. On a summer's evening, the smell of the bees dehydrating their day's nectar is just something else.

[@jusb1066]

Burn time of a candle made from each?

[@palmetto539]

hey cody i love your vids and i showed your channel to my science teacher and now we watch your vids in class

[@jondoh2226]

I was with a specialized moving company for a while where we used bee's wax in re-assembling pool tables. We used it to smooth out the joints in the slate underneath the felt surface. I always really enjoyed the smell when we were melting the wax with a torch.

[@tylerbaughman2001]

Cody, I love your channel. I swear you could make a video about anything (literally melting wax) and make it interesting. I credit it to your ability to describe everything in detail but still understandable to anyone who may not have a background on whatever the subject may be. It is also great to see a channel devoted to educational purposes have as many subs as your channel does. Congrats man!

[@DeltaDS]

lots of tea lights use wax made from soy. it is a lot softer than paraffin especially at room temperature

[@wesleytownsend8214]

Super! It really thrills me to see younger folks actually following a scientific method. I have watched Mr Cody for several years and always been pleased with his interest and knowledge of applied sciences. It is nice to have a honest creator to be able to recommend to struggling students on certain subjects. Another example of this is Nile Red. Thank you Mr Cody for more excellent content.

[@pirocoroosterfly]

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[@monkeyship74401]

There are a whole bunch of other trivia tidbits about Beeswax. Strengthening thread while working with leather, candles made of beeswax just smell better, the list isn't endless after all... I need to dig out the candle making supplies again. Thanks again Cody!