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Adhesives, Paints, and Varnishes: Melt

To Make Best Red Sealing Wax.- Melt together with gentle heat 5 ounces of shellac, 11 ounces of turpentine, and 34 ounces of vermilion. Or 3 ounces of shellac, 4 ounces of turpentine, 1½ ounces of chalk or magnesia, 1 ounce of gypsum or zinc white, and ounce of vermilion.

Or 31 ounces of shellac, 34 ounces of turpentine, 1 ounce of chalk or magnesia, ounce of sulphate of baryta, and 14 ounces of vermilion. Use Venetian turpentine preferably in these three. Melt together, stirring constantly, and when all the ingredients are fully incorporated let the mass cool, and while still soft roll it on a marble or other smooth slab and shape it into sticks, or pour it while fluid into suitable brass molds.

An inferior sealing wax may be made by substituting red oxide of iron in the place of vermilion, and common rosin or New Zealand rosin in place of shellac.

Or dissolve with gentle heat ounce of gum camphor in 2 ounces of alcohol, taking care that the alcohol does not take fire. Add 8 ounces of gum shellac and stir until fully dissolved.

Add 4 ounces of Venetian turpentine and sift in through a hair or other sieve 24 ounces of vermilion, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. When the whole mass is mixed smoothly together, pour it into suitable molds, or let cool until of the consistency of soft wax. Roll to proper thickness and cut out with a suitable die like a biscuit cutter. Or weigh into soft balls of equal size, roll to the desired length, and flatten by pressure.

ADHESIVES, PAINTS, AND VARNISHES For commercial use, the sticks of sealing wax are polished by being held over a charcoal fire in an iron dish, and while hot rubbed with mutton suet or tallow and polished with chamois.

Or, for a larger quantity, melt together with gentle heat 2 pounds of shellac, 12 ounces of Venetian turpentine, 1½ pounds of fine cinnabar, and 2 ounces of Venetian red.

Other proportions recommended for fine sealing wax are:

Shellac, 6 parts; Venetian turpentine, 2 parts; coloring matter, 3 parts. Shellac, 3 parts; Venetian turpentine, 14 parts; vermilion, 3 parts. For a cheaper grade of red sealing wax, melt together with gentle heat 2 ounces of rosin and 2 ounces of shellac; stir in 1½ ounces of Venetian turpentine; sift and stir in 1½ ounces of red lead.

Or melt together with gentle heat shellac, 2 ounces; yellow rosin, 1 ounce; Venetian turpentine, 1 ounce; vermilion, 3 ounces.

Or, for a still cheaper grade, substitute red oxide of iron in place of vermilion. - Yellow Sealing Wax. Melt together with gentle heat 2 ounces of shellac, 2 ounces of yellow rosin, and 1 ounce of chrome yellow.

Or 4 ounces of pale shellac, 1½ ounces of yellow rosin, ounce of Venetian turpentine, and 1 ounce of sulphuret of arsenic.

Gold Sealing Wax.-Melt together bleached shellac, 1 ounce; Venetian turpentine, 1 ounce. Stir in gold-colored talc to color. Or bleached shellac, 3 ounces; Venetian turpentine, 1 ounce; Dutch leaf ground to powder or enough goldcolored mica spangles to color. Blue Sealing Wax. -Melt together shellac, 2 ounces; yellow rosin, 2 ounces; smalts, 1 ounce.

Or, for a light blue, verditer in place of smalts.

Or a mixture of equal parts of smalts and verditer.

Or employ any of the above recipes for fine red sealing wax, including vermilion, but substitute in place of vermilion the same quantity of fine Prussian blue. Green Sealing Wax.-Melt together shellac, 2 ounces; yellow rosin, 1 ounce; verdigris, 1 ounce.

Black Sealing Wax. - Follow any of the above recipes, but substitute finely powdered ivory black instead of other coloring matter, using only enough to give the required color.

Or, for a cheaper grade, use lampblack.

Or melt together 3 ounces of black rosin, ounce of beeswax, and 1 ounce of ivory black.

Or 3 ounces of shellac, 11 ounces of Venetian turpentine, and 2 ounces of cinnabar.

White Sealing Wax.-Melt together 3 ounces of white wax, 2 ounces of stearin, and 1 ounce of mucilage.

Or 3 ounces of resin, 1 ounce of caustic soda, and 5 ounces of water.

Add 44 ounces of plaster of Paris.

This mixture requires upward of an hour to set, but adheres very strongly and takes a good impression.

Soft Sealing Wax.-Melt together 1 ounce of yellow rosin, 4 ounces of beeswax, 1 ounce of lard, and 1 ounce of Venetian turpentine.

Or 8 ounces of beeswax, 5 ounces of olive oil, and 15 ounces of Venetian turpentine.

Or 11 ounces of beeswax, 3 ounces of turpentine, I ounce of olive oil, and 5 ounces of shellac. Any color may be given to the above by the use of suitable colored pigments, as vermilion, red lead, or red oxide of iron for red, verdigris for green, chrome for yellow, smalts or verditer for blue, and so on.

Marble Sealing Wax.-Melt in two or more different vessels equal quantities of uncolored sealing wax, and add to each the coloring matter desired. Allow these to slightly cool, and stir them all together to make any desired effect.

To Color Sealing Wax. - Add the coloring matter to sealing wax while in a fluid state on the fire by sifting in the pigments, in the form of a dry powder, through a hair or other fine sieve. To avoid lumps or spots, stir constantly until they are fully incorporated. Let the mass cool slightly before pouring into the molds, and continue stirring while it is being poured, otherwise the coloring matter will tend to settle as a sediment in the lower part of the mold or of the vessel in which it is melted.

To Perfume Sealing Wax.-Add to any of the above, when the mass has become slightly cooled, but before it sets, gum benzoin, storax, balsam of Peru, or any of the fragrant essential oils or essences. If added too soon, the heat will cause the perfumes to evaporate; if not added soon enough, it will be difficult to incorporate them perfectly with the mass.

OILS, LUBRICATORS, ETC.