What is the easiest way to take the wax layer off of a piece of zircote. Scrapping is what i have been doing just wondering if there is an easier way
Paper towel or news paper and a clothes iron.
I put it in my vice and scrap off most of it with a flat scrapper then put it through my drum sander, set just enough to take off the wax. It takes off the wax and cleans my drum sander as well.
I use the scraper method followed by an old
belt on the belt sander- I think I'm gonna
try Pats method next time.
Jointer is pretty fast
I bandsaw off the ends then to the Jointer. I leave it wide & tall since the jointer blade still has a little wax. Then back to the bandsaw.
At the joiner, alternating the waxed wood with a unwaxed 2x4 throw away piece helps keep the wax down.
Don't forget the wax on your fingers before you go to dewax everything.