A hot wax dispensing device designed to minimize the risk of cross contamination caused by "double dipping" into a community hot wax pot. This device receives bulk wax, melts the wax, allows the melted hot wax to collect in a bowl that is not directly accessible by a user. Hot wax is then dispensed in single client portions in a disposable insert for use in depilatory waxing.

A wax polish comprises a wax, e.g. beeswax, turpentine and/or white spirit, and alum. The polish may also comprise a vegetable or mineral oil, acetic acid, resin and/or blue stone.

Sliding wax such as ski wax is made from gallium or molybdenum disulfide. The wax having a low melting point can be applied to sliding apparatuses readily at sites where they are used, and the wax is advantageously applicable to any snow conditions.

Synthetic polyethylene wax having low molecular weight of 250 to 3000 and a density of 0.930 to 0.950 is prepared in a high pressure process at pressures of at least 800 bar using a carbonyl compound such as acetaldehyde as chain transfer agent. The resulting wax with incorporated CO has good compatibility in hot melt systems, and may be stripped to remove light ends, increase density and crystallinity and improve thermal stability.

Improved wax compositions suitable for the preparation of candles, as the sole fuel component or as an overdip applied to a paraffin or paraffin/fatty acid candle, are provided. The compositions of this invention are a blend of a paraffin, a C.sub.16 or C.sub.18 saturated fatty acid or mixture of said fatty acids, and an alpha-alkyl-branched carboxylic acid obtained by the free radical addition of a C.sub.20-44 alpha-olefin or alpha-olefin mixture and a carboxylic acid having 3 to 36 carbon atom...

The present invention provides a method for reducing bleeding number in wax compositions comprising wax and oil, wherein said waxes are selected from petroleum and synthetic waxes and said oil is present in the range of 1 to 45% w/w, by incorporating in the composition an effective amount of an oil retention agent in the form of an elastomeric polymer. The invention has particularly useful application to wax compositions used for wax candles. The invention further provides the use of elastomeric...

The present invention relates to a polypropylene wax having a melt viscosity of from 50 to 100,000 mPas at 170.degree. C., a DSC heat of fusion less than 80 J/g, a DSC melting point of greater than 130.degree. C. and a molecular weight distribution M.sub.w /M.sub.n of less than or equal to 3.

The present invention relates to homopolymer and copolymer waxes which have been prepared by polymerization using metallocene compounds in the presence of hydrogen and have a melt viscosity of less then 100 mPas, measured at 170.degree. C. As a result of their high thermal stabillty, these waxes display neither discoloration nor crosslinking reactions and are vary well suited for use in toners, for plastics processing, for masterbatches, for printing inks, surface coatings and melt adhesives.

Waxes prepared from hydrogenated plant oils, such as palm and soybean, are used to render cellulosic materials resistant to water. Unlike cellulosic materials rendered water resistant with waxes obtained using petroleum-derived or synthetic waxes, the water resistant cellulosic materials prepared using this composition are recyclable using conventional paper recycling methods; the composition is dispersible in warm water solutions. Such water resistant materials are characterized by enhanced moi...

This invention relates to liquid poly(alpha-olefins) in wax solutions or emulsions which when applied to surfaces (such as by way of illustration and not of limitation vinyl, leather, rubber, elastomers, natural and synthetic polymers, sealed and finished wood, painted or enameled metal such as automobile finishes, etc.) are capable of cleaning, preserving, renewing, restoring and improving the appearance, etc., thereof so as to yield a high gloss finish which is durable and has high resistance ...