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SEALING WAX . In medieval times, when the principal
turpentine , beeswax and colouring matter, usually vermilion. The preparation now employed contains no wax. Fine red stationery
weight
turpentine , and three to four of vermilion. The resins are melted together in an earthenware pot over a moderate fire, and the colouring matter is added slowly with careful stirring. The mass when taken from the fire is poured into oiled tin moulds the form of the sticks required, and when hard the sticks are polished by passing them rapidly over a charcoal fire, or through a spirit flame, which melts the superficial film. For the brightest qualities of sealing wax bleached lac is employed, and a proportion of perfuming matterstorax or balsam of Peruis added. In the commoner qualities considerable admixtures of chalk, carbonate of magnesia
mineral
ordinary resin takes the place of lac, and the dragon
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