ivor and olive lewis on sun 20 feb 11
Thanks May,
I have the Water and the Paraffin Wax.
So I am wondering if the local pharmacy will be able to come up with Steric
Acid and Tri-Ethanol-Amine. If not I will have to consider what substitutes
will work.
Sincere regards,
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "May Luk"
BEst regards,
To: "ivor and olive lewis"
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:25 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: Emulsion Wax Resist
> Dear Ivor;
>
> I found a recipe for
>
> Paraffin Wax Emulsion;
> Paraffin Wax-------------88 lb
> Stearic Acid--------------9 lb
> Triethanolamine---------3 lb
> Water------------------------300 lb
>
> Preparation:
> Mix the water, Triethanolamine and stearic acid and heat to 100 C,
> allowing the mixture to boil gently.
> Then stir carefully so that a smooth soap solution is obtained with a
> minimum of foam.
> In a separate container melt the parafifin wax and bring its
> temperature to 90 C. Add the hot wax immediately to the boiling soap
> solution and stir vigorously until the wax is evenly dispersed.
> Continue to stir the emulsion slowly while cooling.
>
> Bennett, Harry, Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets, Page 84,
> ISBN 0-922915-95-4
>
> Best regards
> May
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:05 AM, ivor and olive lewis
> wrote:
>> Have any of you turned up non commercial formulations for this valuable
>> material.
>> Neither Frank Hamer nor Robert Fournier give any recipes though both not=
e
>> its use.
>> One fact that came to light was the dilution of hard paraffin waxes with
>> kerosene but this can introduce the potential danger from heating a
>> volatile
>> flammable material, a situation reduced if the substance used is based o=
n
>> water as a vehicle promoting mobility and flow.
>> I cannot believe this would be such a hard problem to solve.
>> Regards,
>> Ivor Lewis,
>> REDHILL,
>> South Australia
>>
>
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