Carnauba in the flesh

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I was with my wife and kid at the local conservatory, and I stumbled upon this.

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I didn't have my spray bottle with me, so I can't say if it repelled water well. Perhaps it needs to be coated with CG J97.

So, if the leaves are the source of the wax, and given the size of the leaves relative to the stems, then one can see how it would take a lot of leaves to extract the carnauba and why it would be relatively costly with higher content.
 
Wow, that's pretty neat. Thanks for sharing!
 
I have heard before there are 29 varieties of palm trees in my wonderful state of FL...not one of them is the copernicia prunifera! Dang! I have heard it is only native to Brazil.

Thanks for sharing that. Pretty interesting.
 
Throughout the "ages", it has been reported over and over again that Carnauba Waxes costs (adjusted for inflation) ~$2.50 to ~$6.00 to manufacture and containerize---with ~$6.00 being VERY expensive.

Marketing, Hyping...and maybe paying for some/somebody's R&D...are the expensive Carnauba Wax variables.

Surely you don't think that the indigenous people that harvest the "carnauba crop" are paid a handsome wage!


Bob
 
I have several wax palms on my palm farm.To Puckman there are hundreds of palms that grow here in Florida although many are not native.
 
Thanks for the clarification 57BTR. Maybe i was told some years ago "29 indigenous species" and misquoted what i was told. In any event, i wish the carnauba palm was in my front yard providing shade to my car!
 
Wow! Way cool thank you for the cool pics and information on Carnauba Wax. I am an avid car wax guy and now I know where it comes from.

Again, thanks!!
 
If Carnauba oils (which is impregnated throughout the plant) is so hydrophobic then how does the plant gets its cellular nutrition? Something to sit back and thick about for a second.
 
This is interesting, thanx for the education.

Nice lookin' tree also.

Bill
 
So you piqued my interest kevin and did some online research about the whole carnauba industry. Very interesting indeed. It has an abundance of applications and looks like mostly in the cosmetic industry. Thousands of tons of the stuff are sent worldwide from Brazil after harvesting and processing several different grades.

You guys think we spend a lot on car waxes? Just think of the cosmetic industry!
 
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'm always going to love a nice carnauba based wax.
 
Yup, me too and it was cool to see where it comes from.
 
Yes, very interesting indeed.

I love my coatings, but I really wanted to apply a layer of wax this past summer. I might just do it anyway come spring.

It's amazing what we can extract from plants. Hopefully distributors act with good conscience when doing so.
 
Puckman said:
So you piqued my interest kevin and did some online research about the whole carnauba industry. Very interesting indeed. It has an abundance of applications and looks like mostly in the cosmetic industry. Thousands of tons of the stuff are sent worldwide from Brazil after harvesting and processing several different grades.

You guys think we spend a lot on car waxes? Just think of the cosmetic industry!
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It's aldo used to coat a lot of hard candy. It's on the ingredients list of a lot things like jawbreakers, or stuff that benefits from a shiny outer shell...ever thought of eating your car wax?
 
I have wanted to try an old jar of Natty's Blue some years ago...smelled like bubble gum!
 
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