Follow Up On Bees Wax

B

BANKONIT

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
What Do You Feel Is Best To Use On Table Joints ? Bees Wax, Plaster Of Paris, Body Putty, Other. Along These Same Lines How Do You Get Rid Of Humps Along Joint Lines ? I Live In The Northeast States, Use Bees Wax And Notice Some Expansion And Contraction With Seasonal Changes. Thanks For Any Input.
 
Humps

Humps I Refer To Is After Table Is In Use For Awhile I Guess It's Chalk Dust Clings To Wax Seam. Any Good Way Short Of Recover To Get Rid Of Humps. We Vacuum Aleast Once A Week.
 
be careful with bondo or other fillers like that if you are using a vacuum. I have seen many people have little pieces of that separate and become lodged between the felt and slate when vacuuming frequently. nothing worse than little bumps causing ball roll off
 
Last edited:
NineBallNut said:
be careful with bondo or other fillers like that if you are using a vacuum. I have seen many people have little pieces of that separate and becomed lodged between the felt and slate when vacuuming frequently. nothing worse than little bumps causing ball roll off
Click to expand...


This has happened to me more than once. I now use bees wax. I also seen it happen with drywall mud. I would'nt use anything that may chip or become loose under the cloth.
 
IMO Body Putty (Bondo) is probably the best given you will not want to move the table or the slates for a long time. The probelm with bondo is you have to work fast to get the excess off. If it's not right by the time it hardens you'll have to sand it off or strip it with stripper and start over. Sanding is a delicate job since you can sand the slate making slight dips at the seam. I've not used bees wax myself since I believe if I decide I don't like it it will be hard to get anything to stick to it and probably hard to remove. Water puddy is what I use because of it's just easy and stays in place unless you vacuum all the time. I use a damp cloth to clean the cloth.
 
I may be wrong but thru my own dealings with slate seams over the years the humps you describe they are caused by using too much wax or they can also happen when the wax between the slates is squeezed out of the joints, this is caused by the slates not being as tightly secured to the frame as they should be and then when you lean to shoot and weight is applied to different areas of the slate, they move slightly over a period of time until they start to pinch it out, if it's just wax you can roll a ball over the seam to flatten it out some.
 
If you have any gap at all between the framed slate and the cross braces be sure to put a shim on each side of the slate joint, this way the center wont move at all .
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top