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A week or so ago I spent half a day with Alex B seeing what's involved with re-waxing bottles and the answer is not much other than a very enjoyable day out and an excellent lunch

Anyway Alex kindly gave me a chunk of wax from his collection that came for the British Wax company.

Hunting around on the Internet there's loads of people offering food grade bottle wax and pretty much all of them are priced between £30 & £40 a Kg

I was chatting with Harry about this and the potential of tracking down some wax of our own.

British wax do a number of standard colours the down side is that they want to sell 5Kg at a time but the upside is it's £15 plus vat per Kg

I'm sure it's not just Harry and I that are looking to do this so I thought I'd post here and see if anybody wants to join in

I quite like the Burgundy Red 195C and Harry likes Blue 2747C

So the question here is does anybody want to join in ?

1Kg re-waxes around 100 bottles apparently so here's a chance to buy a life times supply of wax, as long as we can get to 5Kg of any colour we are after that will work - you can even end up owning multiple colours !!

If your up for this please post here and state your colour and desired amount

Delivery would be to the B&F
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Presently the interested list looks like this ....
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Heres some pictures of the afternoon with Alex and his camping stove

I've run out (no longer have access to the proper stuff), colour not important.

mcoulson wrote: ↑14:33 Mon 10 Jun 2024like the Burgundy Red 195C and Harry likes Blue 2747C

Blue preferred but either colour works; 500g to 1kg please.

I'd be up for a kilo of a slightly weird colour - basically anything from 371C or below on the list.

What Martin hasn't shown you is that you can also use a John Bull printing set to stamp the name of the wine into the wax before it fully sets. I'll go and take a picture of one of them now...

My second choice of colour is the Green 2259C,

To confirm I'm looking for 1kg.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:13 Mon 10 Jun 2024Careful use of a John Bull printing set.

This — ‘Shiny S-200 DIY Printing Kit 4mm and 5mm Character Height’?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:16 Mon 10 Jun 2024

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:13 Mon 10 Jun 2024Careful use of a John Bull printing set.

This — ‘Shiny S-200 DIY Printing Kit 4mm and 5mm Character Height’?

That looks identical to the set I use.

I'll take some - Green 2259C. 500g. Or 1kg if that proves necessary.

Many thanks Martin!

I think we will need to do 1Kg per colour unless there is a rush and then we can split it down lower ....

1st post has a summary of what people are up for

I use the 2259C and would live another kilo as running low.
As a general point I was anything really old even if the seal looks good and will sometimes just go over the metal cap.
The movement of old ports after being in the same place makes them not only more likely to start seeping but I wonder if the evaporation through the cork increases.
I want to keep any old port I buy at the same fill level I buy it!

I'll take some as well. Need to check what I've got left, then will let you know colour/quantity.

nac wrote: ↑12:31 Tue 11 Jun 2024 I'll take some as well. Need to check what I've got left, then will let you know colour/quantity.

Hi Neil, I'm just about to order ..... how does 1Kg of the blue strike you ??

mcoulson wrote: ↑19:01 Mon 17 Jun 2024

nac wrote: ↑12:31 Tue 11 Jun 2024 I'll take some as well. Need to check what I've got left, then will let you know colour/quantity.

Hi Neil, I'm just about to order ..... how does 1Kg of the blue strike you ??

Yup. That's fine.

Martin I was just going to change from green to blue as quite a few Irish bottlers used a very dark blue!

Justin K wrote: ↑16:46 Tue 18 Jun 2024 Martin I was just going to change from green to blue as quite a few Irish bottlers used a very dark blue!

I've beaten you to it was trying to balance the numbers

Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July ......

There is still an un-claimed 1Kg of Blue if anybody else wants to join in .....

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:50 Thu 20 Jun 2024 Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July ......

There is still an un-claimed 1Kg of Blue if anybody else wants to join in .....

Nice one Martin. Many thanks.

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:50 Thu 20 Jun 2024 Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July ......

There is still an un-claimed 1Kg of Blue if anybody else wants to join in .....

great news,

are you sure, because the blue list is, Harry, Martin, Justin, Julian and Neil

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:50 Thu 20 Jun 2024Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July

What do we owe?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:23 Thu 20 Jun 2024

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:50 Thu 20 Jun 2024Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July

What do we owe?

£15 per kilo ..... hand delivered by personal courier to the B&F

Martin,

Would you pm your mobile and I will Revolut you? I'm hoping Alex will collect my 1kg. I only need a small amount (500g max) so if anyone has missed ordering please feel free to take some of mine.

mcoulson wrote: ↑08:23 Fri 21 Jun 2024

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:23 Thu 20 Jun 2024

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:50 Thu 20 Jun 2024Right .... Wax ordered and also delivered .... plus I've split it into 1Kg bags .... I'll bring 'some' along on the 1st July

What do we owe?

£15 per kilo ..... hand delivered by personal courier to the B&F

whoops failed to read my own posting at the front ... £15 plus vat so £17 sorry

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:14 Fri 21 Jun 2024whoops failed to read my own posting at the front ... £15 plus vat so £17 sorry

Ooh, missus, the VAT rate dropped to 13⅓%. Must take bottles out of bond before it returns to 20%.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:56 Fri 21 Jun 2024

mcoulson wrote: ↑18:14 Fri 21 Jun 2024whoops failed to read my own posting at the front ... £15 plus vat so £17 sorry

Ooh, missus, the VAT rate dropped to 13⅓%. Must take bottles out of bond before it returns to 20%.

Yep right again £18 ... How on earth did I run a company and survive ...

Justin K wrote: ↑09:50 Fri 21 Jun 2024 Martin,

Would you pm your mobile and I will Revolut you? I'm hoping Alex will collect my 1kg. I only need a small amount (500g max) so if anyone has missed ordering please feel free to take some of mine.

If not too late, I’m happy to both pay for and collect Justin’s wax. I owe Justin some money so this will just reduce my debt a little.

If there is still a slot, I would be happy to take 500 - 1000g of any colour.

sean.mcgrath wrote: ↑08:07 Fri 28 Jun 2024 If there is still a slot, I would be happy to take 500 - 1000g of any colour.

Sure can Sean there is a kg of blue un-claimed so to speak ....

How would you like to collect it or have it posted to ?

I'm bringing the wax with me tomorrow and to make life simple it comes with two pound coins ...

as such can you all bring a £20 with you unless your Harry or Alex in which case you need two £20's

Martin I’ve just got my blue wax from Alex. Thanks for organising this, I’ve now got enough for 100’s of bottles!

Justin K wrote: ↑10:34 Sat 03 Aug 2024 Martin I’ve just got my blue wax from Alex. Thanks for organising this, I’ve now got enough for 100’s of bottles!

Excellent ... Glad your not going to run out now ! Plus it's a good excuse to buy more port !

Justin K wrote: ↑10:34 Sat 03 Aug 2024 Martin I’ve just got my blue wax from Alex. Thanks for organising this, I’ve now got enough for 100’s of bottles!

I wax every one of the half bottles I fill with drink-later Port from a full bottle. Just saying...

mcoulson wrote: ↑14:08 Fri 28 Jun 2024

sean.mcgrath wrote: ↑08:07 Fri 28 Jun 2024 If there is still a slot, I would be happy to take 500 - 1000g of any colour.

Sure can Sean there is a kg of blue un-claimed so to speak ....

How would you like to collect it or have it posted to ?

Oops, I thought I'd set it to email on reply. Apologies. If you'd put it aside and I am cluttering your storage, I'm still happy to have it. Posting would be to the Netherlands (or Ireland, if that's significantly cheaper/easier)

Hi Sean, sorry that's all gone now however next time I organise this it will be in this thread ....

Seán,

I have some spare, I live in Meath. Let me know an address and I’ll send some to you.

Justin