1590. Modeling Wax

1590.    Modeling Wax. This is made of white wax, which is melted and mixed with lard to make it malleable. In working it, the tools and the board or stone are moistened with water, to prevent its adhering; it may be colored to any desirable tint with dry color.

1591. Wax for Polishing Floors

1591.    Wax for Polishing Floors. To prepare this, 124 pounds yellow wax, rasped, are stirred into a hot solution of 6 pounds good pearl-ash, in rain water. Keeping the mixture well stirred while boiling, it is first quiet, but soon commences to froth; and when the effervescence ceases, heat is stopped, and there are added to the mixture, while still stirring, 6 pounds dry yellow ochre. It may then be poured into tin cans or boxes, and hardens on cooling. "When wanted for use, a pound of it is diffused in 5 pints boiling hot water, and the mixture well stirred, applied while still hot to the floor by means of a paint-brush. It dries in a few hours, after which the floor is to be polished with a large floor-brush and afterwards wiped with a coarse woolen cloth. A coat of this paint will last six months.