[TheForge] Renaissance Wax questions

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Terry, 



The recipe I use for renaissance wax uses odorless white spirit along with two kinds of microcrystalline wax. 



Mark Williams 

Snow Hill, Maryland 



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From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:33:03 PM 
Subject: [TheForge] Renaissance Wax questions 

hello; 

several members of theforge have all ready received ia more complete 
description of the items. i do not feel comfortable about posting 
certain details in the "wild". 

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the silver items in question are a silver setting made somewhere around 
1840 in the uk. a silversmith that one of the crew is dating, she places 
it in that time period based on the stamps on the larger items. the 
stamps where not seen before 1839 and where not seen much after 1850. 

it is tea service set, silverware for 8 place settings, four 
candelabra/candlesticks, a water pitcher, a milk pitcher, two salt 
cellars with spoons, there are two dozen name tags on small chains which 
would hang on liquer bottles. whiskey, bourbon, sherry, cognac, brandy, 
etc. 

it is all stored in a wood chest specifically built to store the items. 

it is not ornate by any definition. the entire set is rather plain. 
simple curves. nothing to write home about. 

i would like to display it but the problem is it is tarnishing. hiding 
it away sort of defeats the skill that the original silversmith had put 
into creating the items. 
<end   edited description> 

several members have suggested using Renaissance Wax to slow down the 
tarnishing to where it may only have to be cleaned once a year. 

would the silver have to have the Renaissance Wax removed before it were 
used for food service or for afternoon tea? 

is there a fornula of Renaissance Wax that is food safe? 


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terry l. ridder ><> 
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