Melt Autoglym HD to fill jar?
- Thread starter jaidedeye
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Sure, if it bothers you. The jar is plastic right??? If so empty contents into a pot or pyrex gently heat it up on stove till it starts to melt and then pour it back into plastic jar. You will probably loose a little because some with stick to the pot. I use to mix Souveran and Paste Glaze together, And did some experimenting with combo of waxes......
umi000
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I don't think you need to melt it, nor would you necessarily want to (the melting process might evaporate some solvents, which might make the wax grainer and even harder to use when it cools and solidifies again) - just get it soft enough to kind of squish back together. Place the jar in a pot with water (maybe half the height of the jar), heat the water until the wax gets soft enough to mold, then compress so you have no cracks (transfer to a glass container first if you think the plastic container might melt).
umi000 said:
As above,
I had a case of waxes that I needed to change containers on, I placed the broken containers in warm/hot water and left them until they were soft then using a spoon scooped the wax out into the new containers. Treat it like an ice cream and pack it into the new container, use the spoon to smooth of the surface and your good to go.
I would avoid melting the wax as you are likely to loose some solvents and oils. I did that for the first one I had to replace and whilst the gloss was the same it had become very hard to remove from the paint.
Cheers Daniel