Wax carbonisation temp?

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Wax carbonisation temp?

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Hello. Does anyone know at what temperature wax completely carbonises?

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Re: Wax carbonisation temp?

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Peter Angel wrote:Hello. Does anyone know at what temperature wax completely carbonises?
You trying to burn wax and any organic contaminants completely out of the mold? That's around 800C.
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Re: Wax carbonisation temp?

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I'm steaming out the wax beforehand but there's always a tiny bit of wax residue.
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