Sealing oak barrels

[Down_Home52]

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If you can get by the original intended use of this product it does a good job on sealing up oak barrels during the curing process. 100% bees wax.

[cob]

several web sights claim that toilet wax rings are a blend of recycled petroleum product and possibly some wax.

[Chauncey]

why wouldnt you just get some actual beeswax its only a few dollars for a pound or two?

also you would want to get foodsafe materials i would assume. there is nothing foodsafe about any of that

[Down_Home52]

Agree on all points. Well taken. This product was 100% bees wax don't know about food grade. At the end of the day the wax never touches the product. Only used when water was in the barrel and on the outside of the barrel at that. Like the steel rings. After the barrel swells should be good to go. The barrel came with a little aluminum tube in the spigot which I questioned but mfg said it was ok as long as product ran through it and did not have constant contact. I think I would have used stainless. Always learning.

[Chauncey]

Right on. Hopefully it was a new one and not used haha

[6 Row Joe]

A good barrel doesn't need wax to seal. I bought a couple cheapies. Filled with hot water, one was sealed in a day. The other one took 3 weeks but doesn't leak a drop.

[Cabron99]

A good barrel doesn't need wax to seal. I bought a couple cheapies. Filled with hot water, one was sealed in a day. The other one took 3 weeks but doesn't leak a drop.

Pretty much the same here. I did have to seal one end with that soft barrel wax.