Renaissance wax

Renaissance Wax

Description

[Picreator Renaissance Products] A brand name for a microcrystalline wax polish. Renaissance wax is composed of a mixture of Cosmolloid 80 hard and BASF A waxes. It has been used to clean and polish wood, metals, ceramics, ivory, marble, and leather.

Synonyms and Related Terms

microcrystalline wax; cera del renacimiento (Esp.); cera microcristallina (It)

Authority

• Tom Rowland, Noel Riley, A-Z Guide to Cleaning, Conserving and Repairing Antiques, Constable and Co., Ltd., London, 1981

• Ceramics and Glass Conservation Section, List of Workshop Materials, The British Museum, London

• Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997

• Henry Hodges, Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology, Ronald P. Frye, Kingston, Canada, 1988

• Conservation Support Systems, Catalog, 1997

• Website address 1 Comment: www.hants.org.uk/museums/ofr/cmeth_t.html

• Website address 2 Comment: www.gainsboroughproducts.com