IN COLONIAL DAYS LETTERS WERE SEALED USING WAX. TODAY, SEALING WAX IS STILL MADE
USING THE OLD FORMULA, BUT ITS
APPLICATION IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS HOW THEY USED TO SEAL THE ENVELOPES THAT WEPT THROUGH THE MAIL.
THERE IS YOUR SEAL.
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BUT NOW IT IS MOSTLY USED IN MANUFACTURING AND LAB I DAIRY BUSINESS.
CTA USES IT TO COVER BOLT TO
KEEP MOISTURE OUT OF THE UNDER
CARRIAGE OF THE CTA TRANSIT,
ELEVATED CARS.
OPTICAL COMPANIES USE IT TO HOLD
THE LENSES WHILE THEY GRIND THEM
SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS IS BRAZILIAN PINE RESIN. IT COMES IN BIG DRUM, WEIGHS
551 POUNDS PER DRUM AND IS
OPENED UP AND DUMPED OUT OF I
BUST IT UP AND SAW CHUNKS TO
MELT IT DOWN.
THIS IS MELTED DOWN AND IT MAKE
MY MAIN BASEMENT IN THIS IS MY
WHITING.
I CALL IT WHITING.
IT IS THE LIMESTONE THAT WE ADD
INTO IT.
AND AFTER IT IS ALL MIXED IN
GOOD AND EVERYTHING, WE PUT THE
SHELLAC IN IT.
THIS IS THE SHELLAC, IT COMES
FROM INDIA.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL THE GOLD OF
THE PRODUCT BECAUSE THIS IS THE
MOST EXPENSIVE.
I HAPPEN TO TRANSPORT IT FROM
INDIA AND EVERYTHING, AND IT IS
QUITE THIN.
I AM LOADING THIS UP. IT WILL FILL THREE MOLDS AND MAKE SIX POUNDS OF STICKS.
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IF YOU DON'T PUT ANY COLOR IN IT, IT IS LIKE ABUTTER SCOTCH COLOR, THE NATURAL COLOR OF THE
PRODUCT IS.
THEN I COME BACK AND TAKE THE EXCESS OFF OF MY MOLD. >>
WHICH THE EXCESS WILL BE MELTED DOWN AND MADE INTO STICKS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HURT IT AS
LONG AS IT IS NOT OVERLY HEATED.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO REMELT IT
DOWN.
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TO CRACK THE MOLDS, I HAVE TO BEAT OEM ON THEM TO BUT THE BUST THEM LOOSE INSIDE TO BREAK THE
MOLD.
THESE MOLDS WEIGH 80 POUNDS EACH
HALF OF IT.
ONCE I GET THEM CRACKED OPEN, I
CLEAN THEM ON THE ENDS THERE IS
LITTLE EXTRA PIECES.
THEY WILL NOT FIT IN MY BOXES IF
I LEAVE THOSE ON.
SO I CLEAN THEM AND STACK THEM.
WE HAVE NO WASTE IN OUR PRODUCT. THE PIECES THAT I CUT OFF THE TOP OF THE MOLD AND ARE THE
PIECES IF I BREAK A STICK OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT IS ALL
REMELTED AND MADE INTO STICKS
LATER ON.
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THIS IS MY NATURAL PRODUCT. I HAVE STICKS LAID OUT HERE OF I HAVE THEM IN ALL FOUR COLORS
THAT I MAKE.
THIS IS THE NATURAL COLOR OF IT
BEFORE I EVER PUT ANY COLORING
IN IT.
AND THEN I HAVE BLACK AND RED
AND THE GREEN.
THESE ARE OUR FOUR MAIN COLORS.
WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT
FORMULAS ALTOGETHER, AND SOME OF
IT GOES INTO BARS, AND SOME OF
IT IS STRICTLY FOR BULK.
I MAKE STUFFING BULK, AND I POUR
IT IN A PAN.
WHEN IT SETS UP.
I CRACK IT WITH A HAMMER AND IT
MAKES IT 50 POUNDS TO A BOX.
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IF I AM MAKING NOTHING BUT BULK, I CAN DO 600 POUNDS IN A DAY. IT IS A UNIQUE JOB.
THIS IS THE ONLY FACTORY I KNOW
OF THAT SELLS NOTHING BUT
SEALING WAX.
IT IS SUCH A UNIQUE PRODUCT THAT
IT IS REALLY A PLEASURE TO COME
IN HERE AND DO THE JOB.
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PRINCETON SEALING WAX NOT ONLY SHIPS THEIR PRODUCT WORLDWIDE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO USED BY MANY
RE-ENACTORS.
TO REACH THE PRINCETON SEALING WAX COMPANY (815)875-1943.