• Langridge Bee Wax Refined 500g - Melbourne Etching Supplies

Langridge Bee Wax Refined 500g

100% pure beeswax. Binder in Encaustic. Constituent of oil mediums and matte varnishes. The clarity of refined beeswax is important when using with pale colours. 

Pure white, very clean beads with a Melt point of 66 degrees Celcius.

Langridge recommends the use of a double boiler for melting of waxes. When added to oil mediums it will impart body and a 'shortness' to the brushstroke. Can also be added to oils, oil mediums and varnishes as a matting agent. Binder in true encaustic, whereby melted wax is coloured with artists pigments and applied to a solid support whilst molten.

500gm

SKU: A512.4021
Regular price

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