Explain the waxing process
Waxing is a way of pulling all feathers and pin feathers off f the duck. I keep an old smaller 16 quart crawdad pot and a burner on the ready. In that pot is 6 inches of water and about an inch of gulf wax. Turn the burner on and let the water boil. While that's happening I cut the legs and feet off, leaving the head. I pull tail feat feathers and any large wing feathers. Then I pull a couple lines of feathers up the breast and a couple up the back. The big trick is to NOT pluck a lot. If you expose the skin the wax will stick to it. So when you pick your lines up the breast and back don't pick them like you're plucking. Just pull enough for the wax to get in behind the feathers.
Holding the beak I dip the duck up to the neck and slosh it around in the melted wax and water for 20 30 seconds. Hold the duck up, let the excess wax drip into the pot and drop the duck in cold water. I usually do 2 at a time. Let that wax get solidified again and pull it off. With the wax comes all the feathers, pin feathers, down... Throw it all back in the pot. I keep a strainer in the pot and I strain all the feathers out of the wax.
I looked at a lot of youtube videos trying to find a proper procedure. They all showed plucking the ducks exposing skin. That is not the right way. That is way too time consuming and meticulous to get the wax off the duck. Just pull a few in the lines. Let the wax do the work.
The only thing that takes a while is waiting or the pot to heat up. I have an old crawdad burner that sounds lijke a jet. It will boil the water in 5 minutes or less. So while I prep the ducks the water is ready. The time difference isn't even a factor when done right. I intend on running a hunting operation when I retire. The guides that work for me will be waxing the birds for the clients.