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Subject: Carnauba wax furniture polish formulation

Date: Sun Jul 26 15:37:29 1998
Posted by Donald Queitzsch
Grade level: nonaligned
School: No school entered.
City: Palos Verdes Estates State/Province: California
Country: U.S.A.
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 901485449.Ch
Message:

My daughter is a nun at an Abbey in Connecticut and is responsible for 
making all of the candles used by the religious community. A 
benefactor donated several hundred pounds of Carnauba wax (in powder 
form), thinking it could be used in the candle making process, but it 
can not be used for that purpose. I thought the wax could be processed 
into furniture polish but I do not know the best way to proceed. One 
suggestion I've received was to melt a mixture of bee's wax and 
carnauba in turpentine, another suggestion was to use mineral spiritis 
and naphtha as the solvents. What would you suggest?



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