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  1. 14th February 2017, 05:19 AM #1
    QuarkVI
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    Default Coloured wax/shellac stick?

    In the following video the turner is applying some kind of coloured wax stick to the toys - guessing it also has shellac in it - has anyone come across a recipe for this stuff? Or able to confirm what it actually is?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ro7ZkS0QBY

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  3. 16th February 2017, 04:41 PM #2
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    have found some more information - the only express instructions I have found are this ...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznexGoJ94I&t=3s

    basically button lac plus colour. I have seen turmeric and indigo referenced as natural/traditional options.

    Also these descriptions which use non-english names
    Lacquerware: Kutch, Gujarat - Loveknits
    Budni laquer craft, Wood turning, Madhya Pradesh, India | Gaatha . गाथा ~ handicrafts


    In addition spent a lot of time looking at how lac bangles are made: essentially you take a core made from a natural gum/resin that is melted and mixed with a powder (translation issue again to determine the exact ingredients) for part A. Part B is again melted button lac plus colour. You then form a worm of part A heat up the coloured lac and just apply some of the melted part B on the outside of part A - repeat till you have it covered in colour and then roll out/stretch.

    So you basically land up with resin/flour core surrounded by a thin layer of coloured lac.

    Based on all the above it seems the sticks used in the turning are simply button lac plus colour ... time for some experimenting


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  4. 16th February 2017, 08:13 PM #3
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    https://www.bunnings.com.au/waxstix-...rayon_p1580136 ... That what you are looking for?

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  5. 17th February 2017, 02:05 AM #4
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    Any reason why a regular crayon would not work?
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