Gums, Waxes & Resins

For use in varnishes and polish. Translucent.

Pumice flour serves as an aggregate for the plaster and mortar industry and for polishing. Volcanic rock, 0 - 40 µ, from Germany, Eiffel. OUT OF STOCK

Atlantis - Paraffin Wax Available in 250g, 500g and 1Kg White, odourless. Commonly used in candle making plus other uses. Melting point 57-60 degrees centigrade.

Atlanttis - Microcrystalline Wax Available in 500g, 1Kg & 5Kg A petroleum derivative wax, this is used as an additive to oils as well as for making adhesive mixtures for conservation. This is our...

Atlantis - Beeswax Pellets (bleached) Available in 250g, 500g & 1Kg  This is the natural honeycomb beeswax formed into thin sheets and bleached by sunlight making it white. This also raises the...

Available in 100g. Mastic Varnish is very simple to make and comes in its raw form as rounded granules. Popular in the 19th century mastic can be dissolved in alcohol or gum turpentine. It is less...

Available in 100g Used to make Copal Varnish and Copal Painting Medium. Generally mixed with linseed oil and driers. The varnish films are glossy.

Kremer - Gum Sandarac (Morocco) Available in 100g  A hard resin collected from the Alerce tree in North Africa. It comes in rounded granules and is dissolved in alcohol and other solvents to form a...

Atlantis - Damar Resin Crystals Available in 250g, 500g & 1Kg. Damar varnish is very simple and much more economical to make. The resin is tapped from the damar fir tree in Thailand, Malaysia and...

Atlantis - Gum Arabic Crystals Available in 100g and 250g When dissolved in hot water it is used as an adhesive (gum mucilage), as a slop out in litho printing, as a size and more often as a binder...

Atlantis - Whiting Available in 1Kg The most common form of chalk, Also used for making gesso.

Available in 1Kg Italian, 0 - 32 µ, calcium carbonate Recommended as filler or for gesso