Health food stores often sell beeswax as people use it to make their own
lotions.
Bart
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From: Arch-Metals Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Peter Northover
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:17 AM
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Subject: Re: Wax used in lost wax casting
Dear Heather,
Any good source of beeswax - find a beekeeper or someone who makes
beeswax candles. If you want a little more rigidity in your finished wax
you can mix in some pine resin. It is actually possible to make a lost
resin casting.
Peter Northover
Heather Galli wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> Can anyone recommend a good resource for the type of wax used in the
ancient
> world as applied in the lost wax casting of bronze?
>
> Sincerely,
> Heather Galli
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>
>
> Heather Galli - Graduate Student of Archaeological Studies
> Yale University
> Department of Anthropology
> 51 Hillhouse Ave.
> New Haven, CT 06520
> Tel:203-432-3772
>
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