The wax and soap are melted together. The lampblack is added then. All is rubbed down fine on a hot plate, and then placed on the fire again till it is fluid once more. Then it is poured on a stone plate coated with a little oil, so that it forms a cake of about one eighth inch thickness. When this has cooled a little, it is cut into thin pieces and put away till needed.
| (2) | Wax | 8 | parts |
| Soap | 4 | parts | |
| Lampblack | 2 | parts |
Burn the wax till one half is consumed, then melt the soap with it, and treat the mixture as before.
| (3) | Wax | 4 | parts |
| Spermaceti | 4 | parts | |
| Soap | 4 | parts | |
| Lampblack | 2 | parts |
The first three materials are melted together, the lampblack is added, and then the whole is treated as before.
| (4) | Wax | 8 | parts |
| Spermaceti | 4 | parts | |
| Soap | 4 | parts | |
| Lampblack | 2 | parts |
The wax is to be half burned away, then the spermaceti and soap are to be melted into it, and the whole treated as the other formulas.
| (5) | Shellac | 4 | parts |
| Wax | 8 | parts | |
| Soap | 5 | parts | |
| Lampblack | 3 | parts |
The shellac is to be completely dissolved with the wax by means of combustion after which the rest of the treatment is the same as before.