waxing beer bottle caps?

[jesse55lv]

Waxed my bottles yesterday. I tilted the can of wax while dipping the bottom in and it gives a nice slant to the wax on the bottle.

Oh, and since it was a pumpkin ale, I added some cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice to the wax to scent it. Wax smells pretty good!

Wow! I have never thought to do this! I've got a Pumpkin Ale and a Winter Spice Ale that will be bottle in a week, totally going to do this.

 

[camiller]

So I ordered a huge box of crayons for Dick Blick arts supplies. It was a box of 800 crayons, 100 each of 8 basic colors. I will admit this was overkill, and I now have more crayons than I'll ever need (especially since I re-use the caps).

I had not thought of Blick, I had checked school supply places and they usually were kind of pricy. I see blick has single color 12-packs for $1.75.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/crayola-crayons/

 

[Sambucus]

Posted photos and narative of my 1st attempt here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/hot-glue-bottle-wax-experiment-127485/index11.html#post5310055

 

[BIGRUGBY]

Nothing like reviving an old thread!
Has anyone experienced any negative oxygenation from turning their bottles upside down to dip them in wax?
I plan on using 22 oz bombers so the air pocket should be very small, but I'm curious if it'd be better to dip or use a spoon to pour the wax on the bottle.

 

[Vale71]

If you're going to be aging the beer for an extended period you're pretty much guaranteed that all oxygen trapped in the bottle will have reacted with the beer so it really shouldn't make any difference whether you shake the bottle furiously or treat it like it were full of nitroglycerine.
BTW I seriously doubt that a thin wax coating is going to do much to prevent further O2 ingress, assuming of course you're using crown caps and not corks. With corks it probably will make a difference as corks are quite permeable to O2.

 

[BIGRUGBY]

If you're going to be aging the beer for an extended period you're pretty much guaranteed that all oxygen trapped in the bottle will have reacted with the beer so it really shouldn't make any difference whether you shake the bottle furiously or treat it like it were full of nitroglycerine.
BTW I seriously doubt that a thin wax coating is going to do much to prevent further O2 ingress, assuming of course you're using crown caps and not corks. With corks it probably will make a difference as corks are quite permeable to O2.

Using crown caps. Going to try sealing them with wax not necessarily for oxygen sealing, but because they will look cool. Crayons and glue gun sticks are pretty cheap for making a gift look cool! I was just wondering if I tipped them upside to dip them if that oxygen would get my beer, but your answer says it would have anyways. Thanks!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Is it really necessary? No, you could also cork finish Belgian style bottles. Does it look nice? Most people think so. These were dipped into wax in a vegetable can. Wax should not be melted over a direct flame, so small soup can in a pot of water enough water that it will not float in or a thrift store double boiler that will be dedicated to wax.

 

[Dr_Jeff]

I've waxed a number of bottles.
I used old candles, both red and green candles.
Trimmed them up and put them into an old vegetable can from the recycle bin, and melted the wax in a double boiler setup, remember wax burns if heated directly on the stove. Added in several glue sticks, per recommendations from here.

What I learned, if the wax is too hot, one gets a very thin coating and re-dips melt the wax already on the bottle.
It needs to be at the point, where it has just melted, really hard to judge, but after a few one figures it out.
I usually had to dip two or three times before I was satisfied with the outcome.