Blue Sealing Wax.—Melt together shellac, 2 ounces; yellow rosin, 2 ounces; smelts, 1 ounce.
Or, for a light blue, verditer in place of smelts.
Or a mixture of equal parts of smalts and verditer.
Or employ any of the above recipes for fine red sealing wax, including ver milion, but substitute in place of ver milion the same quantity of fme Prus sian blue.
Green Sealing Wax.—Melt togeth er 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 lamp black.
Or melt together 3 ounces of black rosin, A 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 togeth er 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 41s 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, 1 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 ver milion, red lead, or red oxide of iron for red, verdigris for green, chrome for yellow, smelts or verditer for blue, and so on.
Marble Sealing Wax.—Melt in two or more different vessels equal quan tities of uncolored sealing wax, and add to each the coloring matter de sired. 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 incor porated. 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.