Waxing pickups ? How ?

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Waxing pickups ? How ?

When you do it, just make sure the wax isn't near boiling, make sure the pickup doesn't take direct heat on the bottom of a metal pan, and don't worry when wax drips out upon removal from the wax. A light potting should do the trick on those.

[BlueGuitar]

Re: Waxing pickups ? How ?

Buy parafin cooking wax at the grocery store.
Heat it up in a pan, so it melts, but doesn't boil at all. I like to put cardboard on the bottom of the pan, so the pickup doesn't get direct heat...

I bought two pans that work as a double boiler- the larger pan is filled maybe 1/3 with water and the wax goes in the smaller pan. Once the wax melts I will turn the burner way down so that the water is not boiling (or anywhere close to it). Paraffin can be very flammable (like a candle!) so it is important to be careful.

Unless I am doing just a "quick dip" to seal the outside of the windings, I will leave the pickup(s) suspended in the melted paraffin for up to an hour. But I'm making up a vaccuum rig with a crock pot to cut the time down to about 7 minutes.

--Thanks!