Preferred Wax to use with Fil Au Chinois Thread
Hello Leathercraft Community,
I am venturing into the use of Fil Au Chinois Thread. I have used it without waxing and experienced some twisting and knotting throughout. I have waxed it and used it and that was ok. I have heated the wax into the thread using a heat gun, that was different, the thread became a bit more stiff and any knotting that happened were bigger.
What is the recommended wax to use? The Bees Wax I have is relatively hard, not as hard a columbus wax, but not a lot softer. I use it alot for waxing my stitching chisels and it is great for that.
I have mostly used ritza tiger thread, is this the way the linen is or is there something that can be done to help reduce the knotting while stitching?
The attached image is some of what I have done. Leather is Korba Calf 2-2.5 (mango) oz plus 3-3.5 oz Brown, Thread is 632 Au Chinois. Stiching is 3.38 (pricking iron and awl), and 3.85 stitching chisel.
Thank you for your input!
Thank you for your reply, I will give the paraffin wax after bees wax a try, it is going a bit better and I am seeing more of what I was hoping for with the Fil au Chinois thread. I was wondering about combining the two waxes in some fashion so this gives me that option. Thanks again.