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Attched pic was me midway ...You can see where he stopped with the wax near the end it was only half covered and not even the top halt just the left side of the barrel but all is good now with a little hard work My only concern is headroom now it's gonna be a while before I can completely...

When I sand it I only get sawdust I am past the wax, like I said before, I don't drink or give away much so I want a slower ageing affect, as far as I've read waxing the outside speeds up ageing and I don't want that on this scale size, I'm doing it for fun and don't mind giving a bunch to my...

Even if it has been completely plained down a few mm to bare fresh wood? It wicks water well, so I believe it should wick air even better than it dose the water I have been testing with a good strong vacuum pump it can push and pull air and water threw the wood surface so I believe I have...

Thank you for your tip and being the only one to reply something helpful in over 24hours , I tried the blotting/iron method first it still left the surface waxy due to the wax penetrating the wood So for anyone who may come across this in the future my conclusion has been using a razor...

Im not asking about aging rum , I'm asking about wax on a barrel, I realized this is a beer forum, where people use barrels with wax , sorry for your misunderstanding, And no I don't want your weed burner thanks @ss

Just to give some better detail only half the barrel slats were coated and ends left untouched I've been scraping the wax off best I can to bare wood with a razor blade it's slow and is leaving nicks in the wood ..Think that's enough for the wood to breathe?

Hi I'm new here, fairly new to homebrew, just got my first barrel from the classifieds it's a 40gal the previous owner bought new and never used but he waxed the outside with canning wax. My questions are: 1. how much will it affect a 40gal to be waxed? I will be using it for ageing rum...