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White Wax: Beeswax Bleached in Ribbons by Sun, Air and Dew, Ure 1839
Yellow beeswax turns white in the sun. Ure (1839) describes the old method: melt the wax, run it into thin ribbons on a wooden roller turning in cold water, and lay the ribbons out on canvas in the open, turned and watered, remelting and re-ribboning until no yellow is left. Chlorine cannot be used: it makes the wax brittle.
The picture: a wax bleachery at Albi, France, with the wax spread on canvas frames above the grass (BnF, Wikimedia Commons, public domain).
Àárín
Weeks
Ìlànà
1
1
Melt and settle
Melt and settle
Melt the yellow beeswax with hot water and let it settle, so the dirt sinks and the clear wax floats on top.
Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:
Ìdí Oyin1 kgÀwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:
Ìkòkò olódi gíga
Omi2
2
Make thin ribbons
Make thin ribbons
Trickle the clear wax onto a wooden roller turning half under cold water. It sets in thin ribbons.
Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:
Ọ̀pá ìtẹ̀ ìyẹ̀fun
Àwo ìfọṣọ3
3
Lay them out in the sun
Lay them out in the sun
Spread the ribbons on canvas stretched about two feet above sheltered grass in full sun. Cover them with nets against the wind, turn them often, and sprinkle them with water now and then.
Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:
Kánfáàsì òwú
Àwọ̀n Ẹja
Bàkẹ́ẹ̀tì4
4
Remelt and repeat
Remelt and repeat
When the colour stops changing, gather the wax, remelt it and make fresh ribbons. Repeat until no yellow is left. Do not finish it in rain: it turns grey on keeping.
Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:
Ìkòkò olódi gígaỌ̀pá ìtẹ̀ ìyẹ̀funÀwo ìfọṣọKánfáàsì òwú5
5
Strain and cast
Strain and cast
Melt the white wax, strain it through silk and pour it into thin discs.
Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:
Ìkòkò olódi gíga
Aṣọ SílíìkìÌtọ́nisọ́nà yìí ń ṣe
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