Homemade Waterproofing, Homemade polish, Homemade leather treatment. Beeswax linseed turpentine.

[@3CreekFarms]

Just caught this one from way back. Very good tutorial on combining the volatile ingredients to make your polish/sealer. Very similar to how I remember my dad teaching my long time ago with similar ingredients. Thanks for the memories Brother

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Always a pleasure to share with you Brother. Really glad it could bring back those memories for you.

[@inyayardhomestead5693]

G'day mate, Thanks for showing us how to make the polish. Stay safe and God bless you. 🦘👍

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Always a pleasure to share knowledge mate

[@TheWickerShireProject]

Darren holding boiling hot glass like nothing. Smithy hands right there!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Lol mate

[@yevrahhipstar3902]

You could have also warmed the oil and turpentine. Would've mixed easier. As for the smells; all my life I've used mineral turpentine. Nasty, stinky stuff. A few weeks ago I bought some gum turpentine. Poisonous price, but the smell! Oh my goodness! Delicious!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Yes smells much better. You can heat them but, due to flammability it’s safer not too, especially when showing other people what you are doing.

[@RedWhiteandSpeckled]

This is really cool! I never knew about this. Thanks for this information.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

No problems, love to help people learn

[@caewalker9276]

Thanks Darren, I might make some for my husband. I love the smell of beeswax.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

You should! But it does not smell of beeswax until the other ingredients dry out of the mix.

[@1fanger888]

Fine job; good advice. Been looking for a formula like this for a while. Got all three things on hand, too! Thanks

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Glad it was helpful! I use it all the time

[@crazycritterlady6620]

Hi that was interesting Shane from kinfolk farms of Georgia asked us to come check your channel out, so here I am, I'm on my tablet as my phone died on me but my name there is Crazy Critter Lady on my phone so if you see either of these names it's me when my phone charges up I'll subscribe on it also. I used to have a beautiful 3 1/2 inch toad stabber, I got when I was 21 with a bone handle, last year I broke my ankle and the people from my former church ransacked my house taking everything near and dear to me. I'm 65 now and I've used that knife all these years I sure miss it. Much love from So.Cal.❣

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you so much for stopping by, I have read your comments many times. Love Sane and Travis, they the ones who got me off my butt and filming. Okay I looked up a "Toad Stabber" and still none the wiser seems like it can be virtually any knife, can you describe yours for me? And wow could never imagine my church doing anything other than helping when i was down. They have done that before. I am glad you said "former" church.

[@crazycritterlady6620]

Sorry this phones been down the charging cord somehow found it's way into one of my granddaughters kitten's mouth and ended up in 4 pieces. Couldn't respond till I could get a new one and charge it back up. Toad stabber is the name we all called my 3 1/2" slightly thin, upward curved smooth blade with a bone handle, it was a gift with a beautiful leather sheath. I wish I had a picture of it. When we went froggin this blade was the perfect length to stab down into the toad's head for an instant kill, I never killed a toad with it I can't kill anything, but the guys borrowed it, I'd catch the toads and let someone else kill it out of my sight so we could have fried frog legs. The guys called my knife a girly knife because it was I bit thinner and more dainty than an average wider blade and really tiny next to the monster blades the guys carried.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

JLee Yucca Valley all good, if you can sketch it out would be easy enough for a custom maker to replicate your knife. I can do some like that fairly simple, and you may have local makers that would do it too. Check out the link to my channel Facebook page and you should be able to find my personal page to see my work. Alternatively if you are after me to make something just send through an email.

[@crazycritterlady6620]

I'll try to sketch the knife but I'm not good at sketching either lol. I dont think I can afford to have the knife replaced I'm on a small fixed income from social security. I dont know anyone here who could do that kind of work in my area. Send me an email and tomorrow I will try to send that drawing to you I'm off to bed its 10:30 pm here now, thank you and good night

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

JLee Yucca Valley sent you an email, you might want to edit your comment and remove you email address

[@oldschoolwithamoderntwist6074]

,,,very nice my friend,,,this looks to be a little old school,,i like the D,,I,,Y,, home made,,,that is a good looking knife as well,, thanks for sharing,,,

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Lol your name is how I work 😉 so yes Old school it is, I have the modern finishes but much prefer to use this mix.

[@j.palomera690]

Please be advice that the commercial "boiled linseed oil" has drying agents that most cases are metal dryers like cobalt or so... I wonder if "Raw linseed oil" would give the same result but been much healthy option.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

By all means go ahead and try it, but the drying agents are actually helpful to the process once applied

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks very much!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

You're welcome mate!

[@RebelCanners]

Another Good tutorial!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you Tammy

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

G,day mate ,thanks for sharing recipe

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

No problem 👍

[@WR3ND]

It's colder weather here often, though it can get pretty warm in the summer. I'm thinking maybe 2 parts mineral oil, 1 part beeswax, and 1 part turpentine to help penetrate a little more and be a bit softer for leather boots or similar for snow.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Mineral oil is not a bad substitute, but careful of going to high in liquids, mine will melt on a hot summer day and firm paste in winter stored in my unheated garage, we don’t get to freezing here so never quite solid just firm. Apply with heat to help it soak in.

[@WR3ND]

@@DownunderFarmandForge Thanks. I'll keep that in mind and see how it goes. Cheers.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Happy to help where I can

[@HiddenAcresHomestead]

Can you use this on your wooden spoons? - ones you cook with

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

No definitely not, I generally do not treat spoons of chopping boards, if you do just use a light coat of the oil you cook with.

[@commonsensegaming1756]

I just melt it in the microwave

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

That will sure work as long as you keep the times short and watch for boil over.

[@The_Joker_]

Looks like a block of cheddar :) not tasty though

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Not at all, would take a bit of chewing too