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Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:09:25 +0100
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Hi Keith & all


> I would think that black wax when "pulled" would be gray/off white a it gets thinner.

The colour gets quite dissipated as the wax is re-worked. The coloured 
wax probably gets diluted with freshly produced wax as well, leaving 
only a trace of the original coloured wax, in addition, mouthfuls of wax 
will be taken and used elsewhere. My experiment was with queen cells, 
but I think the results illustrate the foundation drawing point in the 
same way.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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