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Teri Rhan {FMO} <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:02:17 -0800
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On Tue, 6 Dec 1994, Matthew Kweskin wrote:
 
> > Also there is a special kind of egg decorating method, the names escapes
> > me at the moment, where you pour the beeswax in a tiny funnel that is
> > used to make lines on the egg, then it is dipped in dye. This method
> > is repeated with differnet lines and dyes etc.
> > The dye is hot enough that the wax stays subtle and is wiped off between
> > dippings and lines.
>
> Are these called Ukranian eggs?
Thanks! That's it!
>
> Isn't there something you can add to beeswax to use it as a waterproofer
> for boots? (The additive I'm thinking of starts with an 'L'.)
Linseed oil?
 
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> Matthew Kweskin
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Teri

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