CHAPTER VII. 



WAXES FOR GRAFTING AND FOR WOUNDS. 



1. Common Resin and Beeswax Waxes. 



1. RELIABLE WAX. Resin, 4 parts by weight beeswax, 

 2 parts ; tallow, i part. Melt together and pour into a pail 

 of cold water. Then grease the hands and pull the wax 

 until it is nearly white. 



2. Resin, 4 Ibs. ; beeswax, i Ib. tallow, i Ib. 



3. Resin, 6 Ibs., beeswax, 2 Ibs.; linseed oil, i pt. 



4 6 Ibs. resin, i Ib. beeswax .and i pt. linseed oil; 

 apply hot with a brush, one-eighth o2 an inch thick over 

 all the joints. 



5. FOR WARM WEATHER. Four Ibs. of resin, i Ib. of bees- 

 wax, and from half to a pint of raw linseed oil ; melt all 1.0- 

 gether gradually, and turn into water and pull. The 

 linseed oil should be entirely free from cotton-seed oil. 



6. Resin, 6 parts ; beeswax, i part , tallow, i part. To 

 be used warm, in the house. 



7. Resin, 4 or 5 parts ; beeswax, i^ to 2 parts ; linseed 

 oil, i to i)4 parts. For out-door work. 



2. Alcoholic Waxes. 



8. LEFORT'S LIQUID GRAFTING WAX, or ALCOHOLIC 

 PLASTIC. Best white resin, i Ib. ; beef tallow, i oz.; re- 

 move frcm the fire and add 8 ozs. of alcohol. Keep in 

 closed bottles or cans. 



9. ALCOHOLIC PLASTIC WITH BEESWAX. Melt 6 parts 

 white recln with i part beeswax ; remove from stove 

 and partially cool by stirring, then add gradually with 



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