Bottle wax is readily available from any home winemaking supply retailer.
I've got several colors in my winemaking shop, and use it occasionally for a
decorative touch in finishing some of my wines.

Typical source would be www.homebrew.com

Bart


"Ian Hoare" > wrote in message
...
> Salut/Hi Xyzsch,
>
> le/on 23 Feb 2004 04:39:27 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
>
> >But maintaining humidity requires adding water (humidifier)
periodically,which
> >raises the humidity from 50% to 75%. It drops back to 50% within a couple
of
> >days. There are more expensive solutions to this, of course, consisting
of
> >central humidification, and a vapor barrier to seal the room. I don't
want to
> >do all this. I am not worried about pushing the humidity to 75% and
damaging
> >the room, because it doesn't stay there.
>
> Frankly Tom, I'd not fret about the humidity. If you've got some bottles
> which you want to store for a _very_ long time (>20 years) then you might
> consider waxing the necks. I don't knowe about its availability in the
USA,
> but bottling wax (like sealing wax) is freely available here in France.
All
> you'd need to do is melt the wax, and one by one, dip each bottle into the
> wax, deep enought to cover the whole capsule (clean off first, of course).
> Your corks won't dry out then.
>
> But honestly, I'd not bother.
>
> --
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> Ian Hoare
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