Wax Coating - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ssaunders · 27th Mar 2008, 1:59 pm

I have wax coated HT choke covered in the usual muck. Does anyone have a bright ideas on how to clean it up?

Could it be as simple as dunking it in a pot of molten beeswax?

kalee20 · 27th Mar 2008, 5:22 pm

Paraffin or white spirit will work.

The usual transformer wax, although soft, has a surprisingly high melting point. Dunking in beeswax, (expensive!) or candle wax, will result in a mixture which may melf at a lower temperature.

Neil Purling · 27th Mar 2008, 8:12 pm

Have you tried the trick of wiping it with a piece of paper towel sprayed with WD40? I did that to some old waxed paper capacitors so I could read the values.

27th Mar 2008, 1:59 pm	#1
ssaunders Triode Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Woking, Surrey, UK. Posts: 34	Wax Coating I have wax coated HT choke covered in the usual muck. Does anyone have a bright ideas on how to clean it up? Could it be as simple as dunking it in a pot of molten beeswax?

27th Mar 2008, 5:22 pm	#2
kalee20 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lynton, N. Devon, UK. Posts: 7,077	Re: Wax Coating Paraffin or white spirit will work. The usual transformer wax, although soft, has a surprisingly high melting point. Dunking in beeswax, (expensive!) or candle wax, will result in a mixture which may melf at a lower temperature.

27th Mar 2008, 8:12 pm	#3
Neil Purling Nonode Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,085	Re: Wax Coating Have you tried the trick of wiping it with a piece of paper towel sprayed with WD40? I did that to some old waxed paper capacitors so I could read the values.