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I was wondering if there was a household items that can be used as a substitute for magicians wax?

Thanks

Ummmm . . . WAX??? If you get floor wax and rub it in between your fingers, it makes for pretty good "magician's" wax.

P.S. This is why I never buy magician's wax. It's just regular wax with the word "magician" on the front of it. I think it is the biggest scam that the world ever came up with to drain magicians of their money.

any ideas on where i can buy it?

thnks for quick response

I'd say you could floor wax at any hardware store or supermarket.

I got some beeswax from a candle store and added in a bit of Vaseline to soften it up a bit and it works great.

I would also like to add that you can floor wax in large quantities for a relatively cheap price.

The only problem you may encounter with floor wax would be a slight scent.

Frankly, by the time you've messed around with household items, you may as well just buy magician's formulation wax.

Generally, as mentioned, household stuff will be scented and contain oils. It's not really that practical at all.

And I speak from experience: I've tried all sorts of things... from paraffin waxes to my own mixtures. It works out expensive, messy and quite honestly to just buy a pot of properly formulated wax is a lot easier.

I've challenged people over this before, and most who claimed 'use household wax, it's better' actually admitted that they'd never tried this in practice. Which didn't surprise me.

But, if it works for you, more power to your pockets!

Sir_Digby_Chicken_Ceaser wrote:The only problem you may encounter with floor wax would be a slight scent.

When I first started using floor wax, I noticed that, too. What I did was keep it slightly opened outside in my dog's old dog house. Kept it dry, at a good temperature and the smell went away from the topmost layer of the wax. My backyard, however, has smelled like lemons ever since.

Ive never actually used magicians wax, mostly because In order to get it I have to order it and it costs money for shipping, not to mention it lakes like a month to get here. But I might get some the next time I make an order

monker59 wrote:

Sir_Digby_Chicken_Ceaser wrote:The only problem you may encounter with floor wax would be a slight scent.

When I first started using floor wax, I noticed that, too. What I did was keep it slightly opened outside in my dog's old dog house. Kept it dry, at a good temperature and the smell went away from the topmost layer of the wax. My backyard, however, has smelled like lemons ever since.

Solves the problem but to avoid having to wait a couple days to get scentless mediocre quality was you may aswell just buy a small pot of the propper magicians stuff. Its not like it costs too much and saves alot of faffing about

I highly reccomend Micheal Ammars Card On Ceiling, And also that location to purchase from.

You get a pot of wax that is both good quality and long lasting and a great handling of a great effect aswell

As for getting good wax: Dentist Wax is Awesome! My sister has braces so she gets it and I steal it and it works great!

Also watch out for with 'Homemade wax' is the oil seeps through the cards and leaves a nasty stain. so when looking up all you see a a stain..

snicket wrote:As for getting good wax: Dentist Wax is Awesome! My sister has braces so she gets it and I steal it and it works great!

Will give that a go!!