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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2312532, member: 8267"]Early medieval sealing wax used a combination of beeswax and other resins, but after trade with India became well established shellac was used. Shellac was also used in various compositions for molded objects, such as buttons, picture frames, and daguerreotype cases. I have also seen it used as an adhesive on archeological objects, sometimes leaving an orange stain on the material.</p><p><a href="http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Shellac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Shellac" rel="nofollow">http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Shellac</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2312532, member: 8267"]Early medieval sealing wax used a combination of beeswax and other resins, but after trade with India became well established shellac was used. Shellac was also used in various compositions for molded objects, such as buttons, picture frames, and daguerreotype cases. I have also seen it used as an adhesive on archeological objects, sometimes leaving an orange stain on the material. [URL]http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Shellac[/URL][/QUOTE]
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