Here you can find candle wax additives such as Vybar for adding a bit more fragrance and taking out the mottle. Our #1 Carnauba wax flakes are popular for use in Paints, woodworking encaustic Paints and other uses. Carnauba wax is obtained from the leaves of the plant Copernica Cerifera, which grows only in northeastern Brazil. Don't forget the Color Fading Inhibitor if your candles will be sitting on store shelves. Vegetable Stearic Acid will make your pillar candles harder and makes cool patterns when mixed with pillar Palm wax. We sell lots of Microcrystalline wax to encaustic artists, surf wax producers and candle makers. We even carry Brazilian Gum Rosin.
W-445 Microcrystaline Wax Multiwax W-445 Microcrystalline Wax(Tacky Wax) CTFA listed and compliant with FDA 21 CFR 172.886 and 178.3710, requirements for food grade waxes.
174/180 MP Multiwax® W-445 is a white, highly refined, high molecular weight microcrystalline petroleum wax. It consists of saturated branched and cyclic non-polar hydrocarbons. It is hydrophobic, tasteless, odorless and has excellent UV & color stability. It is high melting point, hard, flexible and has excellent cohesive and adhesive properties. Multiwax W-445 is a Microcrystalline Wax NF meeting requirements for NF (current version) and FDA requirements as per 21 CFR 172.886 and 21 CFR 178.3710. Microcrystalline waxes consist of odorless, tasteless, non-polar hydrocarbons with relatively high melting points. Microcrystalline waxes act as bases for chewing gum, lipstick, cold creams and ointments. Other uses include wax impregnated paper, film, foil, and corrugated board for food packaging. Other products such as crayons, candles and caulk to sealants and fine polishes start with microcrystalline wax.
5 oz bar of W-445 Microcrystaline "Tacky wax" wax. We mix 15% with beeswax and Pigment to make brilliant colored encaustic paints. Melt Point 174/180 F $3.95
Brazilian Gum Rosin The Brazilian Gum Resin is incredibly light and refreshing and when burned, releases a most exquisite scent. It is a derivative from “Pinus Elliotis” and the Melt point is around 77C. The most important uses are in the manufacture of adhesives, paper sizing agents, printing inks, solders and fluxes, various surface coatings, insulating materials for the electronics industry, synthetic rubber, chewing gums and soaps and detergents.