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Marvelux flux
Yesterday at 10:37pm
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Is this stuff better than wax or wood shavings for cleaning up really dirty lead while alloying?
  

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Re: Marvelux flux
Reply #1 - yesterday at 11:05pm
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Run away fast.  That stuff is nasty.  I use flaked carnauba wax per a recommendation from Walt Melander of NEI fame.  Available on eBay or Amazon among other places.  I light it after sprinkling some on the melt and let it burn.  If I am lucky, I will have remembered to take down the paired smoke detector that goes off in the garage as well as the shop where I am casting in front of an open door with a fan blowing out.  If I forget about the detector, the family comes running after the one in the attached garage goes off. 

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Reply #2 - yesterday at 11:28pm
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I used marvalux a few years and everything above and arround the pot rusted from the fumes.
YES on Walts flux,it smells so good.
  
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Reply #3 - yesterday at 11:37pm
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   I have been using Marvelux for ten years or so and have no problems with it. It works well and produces little smoke which is important to me. I used to use a bit of beeswax but the smoke made it impossible to flux inside without opening windows and using fans, not too practical in cold weather.
  
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Re: Marvelux flux
Reply #4 - Today at 12:38am
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Like bpjack and Cbashooter said, don't go there! Horrible stuff! I use bees wax, and yes it smokes a bit, but it doesn't corrode everything around it.
  

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