When one designates wax cloth (wax canvas, varnish cloth) a fabric of cotton, flax or jute, which is covered with varnish and

Production

For preparing the same one stretches the material within frameworks, covers him with Mehlkleister and then repeated with color reason, which usually consists of soot and linseed oil varnish. After each painting one sharpens the piece, after it achieved sufficient strength and smoothness, with Glanzfirnis with pumice stone, covers and paints it in the end.

Use

One manufactures wax cloth in the most diverse colors, veined, figuriert, in wood imitation, printed on with samples in multicolored colors (damasziert) and with bronze colors (bronziert).

For covering and packing goods serves wax cloth, which is painted with water glass instead of the Firnisses with prepared coal tar or. The finer sorts, like Wachsbarchent, Wachsmusselin, leather cloth, serve for upholsterer and portfolio work and for covering furniture; on both sides one uses worked on strong wax cloth as tarpaulins for cars, for occupying by floors, stairs etc.

Wax cloth paper (wax wrapping paper) is tough wrapping paper with a painting from Kienruss and linseed oil varnish or made of bitumen, Leinolfirnis and turpentine oil.

See also

• Wax paper

Literature

• Esslinger: Production of the wax cloth etc. Vienna 1880

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