Re: Sticky Wax. Jewelry model makers use it to 'glue' parts of wax models together. It is quite 'hard and brittle' in the cold or solid state but is very, very sticky when molten. It can be purchased at jewelry suppliers (Rio Grande of Albuquerque is one). If someone wants to try a bit I could send some as I have it on hand in my studio.
Lorri Google said that sticky wax is a wax-based adhesive. I got all excited when I found some gummint-safety PDF on sticky wax that had a "composition" field, but all it said was "petroleum hydrocarbons with additives". It went on to say that it gives off irritating fumes when hot, and if you splash molten wax on yourself you could get burned. Also found that surfboarders, orthodontics makers, museums, and people who show off horse figurines use it. I'm not at all sure all those folks are using the *same* sticky wax! The figurine fans use it to stick bits in the horse's mouths, the museums keep artifacts from falling off the shelf, people who make wax molds glue the molds together with it -- seems to have originated as a glue to set candles in their holders. I've also seen cheeses and frozen meats that had been dipped in a sticky wax -- red for the cheeses, and an apparently-natural yellow for the meats, which had been placed in cheesecloth bags first to make it easy to get the wax off. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/<http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM<http://home.earthl ink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM> http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/<http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3 f/> http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/<http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/> (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we are sleeping under our first blanket of snow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
