Tony & all; I believe that if you add some melted bee's wax to a melted toilet bowl wax ring you will get a supurb product. You stated that the bowl wax ring was just quite not good enough. This should solve that problem.
I too never use wax to tie my flies. But if I were so inclined I would make my own from the recipe above. It was taught to me by my flytying mentor that is now in the eternal stream fishing for lunkers on every cast. "When one associates with such loonies, one is forced to think about what is and is not appropriate for fly rods. Since there in neither a pope of fly fishing nor a pontificating council of eldeers - well, there are al lot of plain pontificators, I guess - one is quite within one's rights to fish however one chooses." Nick Lyons "A Flyfisher's World" Alan Di Somma Phoenix,AZ. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] FW: Reference Overton's Wonder Wax > Martin, > Like you , I rarely use wax, I teach my students to dub without it. I do > use it for seal and a couple of synthetic materials if I have to. I have > a tube of Wonder wax that I bought 15 years ago. It sits on my tying > bench and I could of sold it a number of times. I was offered 15.00 for > it at a show I was doing. I have compared the Wonder wax with several > other waxes that were given to me as samples, the Wonder Wax always came > out on top. The toilet ring wax is real close but I don't think it is > the same, I think it is better than some of the waxes on the market now. > Even though I don't use wax very much myself, I do a lot of shows and > try the products that are given to me for testing. I also talk to a lot > of other tyers and when it comes to wax and the long time tyers will > most times refer to Wonder Wax. > Tony > > Martin Westbeek wrote: > > >Hi Mike, > >I'll give you a digest version. Years ago many tiers used Overton's Wonder > >Wax, and liked it. One day however news spread that this wax was the same > >stuff used in toilet rings, and people started using that instead. Overton's > >wax disappeared from the market. In this thread Steve said that Overton's > >was different stuff than the toilet ring wax, that Overton would reintroduce > >his wax, and Steve gave us Overton's telephone number. > >Martin > >(who ropes and hardly ever waxes) > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mike Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:29 PM > >Subject: RE: [VFB] FW: Reference Overton's Wonder Wax > > > > > > > > > >>I missed the beginning of this thread can some one please tell me wghat > >>this wonder wax stuff is?? > >> > >>Mike M > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>On Behalf Of Mike Bliss > >>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:08 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [VFB] FW: Reference Overton's Wonder Wax > >> > >>I would like it as well. > >> > >>Mike > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:47 AM > >>Subject: [VFB] FW: Reference Overton's Wonder Wax > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Urban Legends > >>>To whom it my concern, the truth > >>>Subject: Reference Overton's Wonder Wax > >>> > >>>Steve, > >>>I called Glenn today to get his permission to release his > >>>phone number and e-mail address and he said it was ok. > >>> > >>>So you can call or write him and get all the info right from > >>>the horse's mouth. > >>> > >>>He hopes to get the wax back on the market in about a > >>>year. > >>> > >>>Dave Henry > >>>Candor, NY > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>================================================================ > >>Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd > >> > >> > >op virussen. > > > > > >>Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst > >> > >> > >waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > >
