R & F White Beeswax

Description

Beeswax is the chief component in encaustic paint. R&F White Beeswax has been decolorized by mechanical filtration, rather than through bleaching which breaks the wax down. You can use Beeswax as the prime ingredient, along with damar resin, for making your own encaustic medium. You can also use it for encaustic without the resin, but the surface will be less hard, less polishable, more dust-attractive, and have a lower melting temperature. A good ratio is 9 parts wax to 2 parts resin. You can also use straight beeswax to give an initial priming coat to your panel or paper for encaustic.