Adhesives for waxed paper

Mary Fahey <maryf [at] thehenryford__org> writes

>Can anyone suggest an adhesive to be used to repair fake flowers,
>made from wax coated paper. The wax layer is rather thick.

Waxes can sometimes be joined with an emulsion adhesive.  If the
fragments are light-weight, sticky wax (aka "earthquake" or
"mortuary" wax) might do the trick.  I think some people actually
use heat, but that wouldn't be my choice!  Likewise for solvents.

Barbara Appelbaum
Appelbaum and Himmelstein
444 Central Park West
New York, NY  10025
Conservation of Works of Art
212-666-4630


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