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Adhesives, Paints, and Varnishes: Used

Or mix pound of rosin and 1 pound of brick dust. Melt with gentle heat. Used by plumbers. Apply while hot to joints in lead pipe.

Or melt together 5 ounces of black rosin and 1 ounce of yellow wax, and stir in gradually 1 ounce of red ocher or Venetian red in fine, dry powder.

Melt and apply warm. Used by instrument makers for cementing glass to metal.

Or melt 15 ounces of rosin and 1 ounce of wax, and add 4 ounces of whiting previously heated red hot and mixed while warm. Used by glass grinders to hold glass, stones, etc., while being polished or cut.

Rosin and Wax Cement or Bottle Wax. - Mix 4 ounces of rosin, 4 ounces of sealing wax, and 2 ounces of beeswax; melt together with gentle heat. When the mixture boils, stir it with a candle.

Or melt equal quantities of beeswax and rosin. Used to seal bottles. First insert a cork into the bottle, and then dip the cork and neck of the bottle in the melted wax.

Grafting Wax. - Melt together with gentle heat 1 pound of rosin, 3 ounces of tallow, and 5 ounces of beeswax. Stir continually while melting. Pour the mixture into cold water and let stand until cool. Then remove from the water and knead thoroughly to a homogeneous mass.

This wax will last for years. It is not soft enough to run in hot weather not hard enough to crack in winter.