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Candle Wax / Resin Aglet
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Dripping wax or resin onto the lace end, then rolling it between your fingers whilst still warm, creates a
reasonable short-term aglet. It's an ideal emergency measure, as most households (and even many camp sites) have a
candle handy.
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Step 1:
Drip a small amount of candle wax onto the end of the shoelace. Allow it to soak in a little, but don't let it
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Step 2:
While still warm, mold the wax around the lace end by carefully rolling between your fingers for a smooth finish. |
Durability:
Although candle wax is fairly soft, it impregnates the fibres of the shoelace, making the finished aglet reasonably
firm. It should nonetheless be considered a short-term solution.
Other Materials:
A more durable "melt-on" solution is to use either soldering resin (translucent, but brittle) or sealing wax, such
as is used to make seals for official letters or documents. Because both of these are tougher, they generally
require more heat to melt, so they may be painful to roll between your fingers. |
WARNING: Don't be tempted to heat the lace end once it has wax on it; the chances of setting fire to it are
dangerously
high! Instead, warm a flat knife and use that to mold the wax.
This page last updated: 01-Mar-2010. Copyright © 2004-2010 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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