Wax: Difference between revisions

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Wax, often supplied by apiarists, was taken from bee hives, or skeps (essentially portable, man made bee hives). It has several uses:

Candles for the rich or clergy.
Hardening Cuir Bouilli (you basically bake the wax into the leather. This is a great idea.. although your wonderful armour might not be so good after leaving it out in the sun for a few hours)
Casting jewellery
Your own medjeeval palm pilot, or wax tablet. It's just a whole lot of meleted wax in a bed of carved out wood so you could write stuff down. The wax is often blackened first with lampblack (a powdered carbon).
Hair treatments
Facial creams
Sealing cheese and eggs for longer storage.

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 Wax, often supplied by [[apiarist]]s, was taken from [[bee]] hives, or [[skep]]s (essentially portable, man made bee hives). It has several uses:
-*[[Candle]]s
+*[[Candle]]s for the rich or clergy.
-*Hardening [[leather]] (you basically bake the wax into the leather. This is a great idea.. although your wonderful armour might not be so good after leaving it out in the sun for a few hours)
+*Hardening [[Cuir Bouilli]] (you basically bake the wax into the leather. This is a great idea.. although your wonderful armour might not be so good after leaving it out in the sun for a few hours)
 *Casting [[jewellery]]
 *Your own [[medjeeval]] palm pilot, or wax [[tablet]]. It's just a whole lot of meleted wax in a bed of carved out wood so you could write stuff down. The wax is often blackened first with lampblack (a powdered carbon).
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 * [[Facial creams]]
 * Sealing [[cheese]] and [[egg]]s for longer storage.
+[[category:materials (medieval)]]