Pt 13. Shoemaking Making Coad Shoemaker Wax 

First time I've seen anybody make Coad.

Up here in the north of England, we have a phrase which describes exactly the stickiness of this material. However, I'm not allowed to repeat it. Ever.

Very interesting, Harry. For several years, I've waxed Barbour thread with a 50/50 mixture of beeswax and violinists' rosin. It's good for items exposed to the weather.

Thank you sir for sharing your grace. Good things always with u

Hi that was most interesting, looking forward to use using the stuff, and the use of a bores bristle needle, I heard of it but never seen it

your videos is verry well done , thank you

thanks for sharing your knowledge

Hi Harry, Try good old butter if you are ever in this situation again. I used it on even the likes of tar and bitumen. Work’s a treat. Worth a try perhaps, as it is kind to the skin!

thank you sir, brilliant video. also something that takes off pitch/wax/tar quite quickly is acetone or just plain rubbing alcohol,( i wouldn't go below 75%) it works wonders for my hands and tools when i gather pine pitch. Hope it helps!

Thanks for this! I've been meaning to have a go at making some for a while but haven't found a proper recipe.

Harry, instead of a mortar and pestle, you could use a small electric coffee grinder. I also use one for grinding whole spices. Cheers, Frank.

Great video.ty

Hey Harry, you can get tallow by the kilo from Abbey Saddlery and it’s really cheap

Loving this series Harry! What have you found the purpose of kneading to be, in your research? This is quite similar to a leather balm I make (resin and tallow ratios reversed) but I've never done the kneading.

Tried doing this and could not get the resin to melt nicely at all. It turned very dark and sticky and started to smoke significantly before really liquifying. This was in the oven because a water bath did not get nearly warm enough. After 3 attempts I gave up and ordered some from Carreducker...

Fixin wax, pretty much.

I saw a lot of comments suggesting different chemicals that might irritate your skin even more. Did you try using the back side of a butter knife or perhaps even a spoon to gently scrape bits off? Either way, enjoyable video!

Any tip on what to do/use to get shoemakers wax less sticky? I tried to add some pure pine pitch together with bies wax, rosin, olive oil. Turned out way to sticky for my use.

Thanks, we use pine tar instead of fat, do you use pork lard or beef tallow?

Why haven't you just molded the cocktail?

Is this necessary for the regular thread?

Good afternoon, please write the ingredients.

Acetone should get it off your hands

Learn to coad.