| CHEMICALS AND SUBSTANCES Salt petre – Potassium Nitrate KnO3 (not food grade). Amongst other things salt petre is used for making tinder, match cord, dyeing and incendiary paste. £6.00 for 500g. £12.00 for 1kg. Salt petre substitute - Use as you would Salt Petre for Salt beef. £8.00 for 500g Sulphur
– Sulphur powder used for making sulphur spunks for tinder
boxes and other sundry uses. Linseed
oil – A natural oil used for wood enhancement and
protection and for waterproofing cloth. Available boiled or raw;
boiled dries faster. Beeswax
– The uses for this are endless, binds thread, makes candles,
polishes wood, binds bow strings, holds loose lids on pots, waterproofs
leather and cloth….. Beeswax Balsam - £3.00 for 100ml Tallow
– Used for candles, greased bearings, soap and the base for
body paints, make-ups and unguents. Pearl
glue – A water soluble hide glue used for cabinet
making, a binder for leather dye and a host of other uses. Rabbit
skin glue – A water soluble hide glue used for cabinet
making, a binder for leather dye and a host of other uses. Gum tragacanth – Used as an edge polisher for leather and a binder for natural writing inks. Liquid. £4.00 for 100ml Brewers
pitch – Pour hot into leather vessels to create a
waterproof lining. Made to B6920. Use safety equipment and extreme
care if using this hot. Borax
– Flux for silver soldering and other sundry uses. Rosin
– A hard pine resin by product for sundry uses. Iron sulphate – A salt that when dissolved in water and painted on vegetable tanned leather turns it black. A traditional leather dye and also used for making inks. £3.00 per 100g Shellac
varnish - A natural hard glossy varnish in an alcohol base. Shellac
varnish – A natural hard glossy varnish as flakes,
soluble in meths. Van dyck crystals - A walnut based, water soluble powder dye for leather and wood. £3.00 for 50g.
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