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75 grams approximately of fine quality natural Gum Sandarac

 

Gum Sandarac is a natural resin.   It is usually available as smallish clear or opaque lumps or tears and has a light pale yellowish colour.   It is the resin derived from the coniferous tree Tetraclinis articulata  found in Morroco and other parts of North West Africa.   



Properties:

Sandarac is regarded as one of the harder natural resins although not as hard as some.  It is brittle and its properties make it suitable as a component of varnishes and lacquers that require clarity, gloss and hardness.

 

Gum Sandarac is soluble in alcohol and spirits including methylated spirits. It is also soluble in acetone, ether, and other solvents.  It is not soluble in water.

 

Sandarac has a pleasant light, fruity, balsamic, frankincense-like fragrance heated and is regarded by some as having mystic properties.  Gum Sandarac is known in parts of the Middle East as ‘Gold’  (hence Gold, Frankinsence and Myrhh)

 

Sandarac softens between 100C and 130C and  melts between 135C and 150C.    Its melting point range makes it suitable for mixing with other resins. 

 

Uses: 

Sandarac has a number of uses which may include: 

  • ·        a constituent of clear varnishes and polishes.
  • ·        a constituent of spirit based polished including French polish.
  • ·        a constituent of oil based varnishes.
  • ·        As a size for paper and vellums
  • ·        an incense

Buyers can note with confidence that this Sandarac is a first grade and high quality product and is unadultered with rosin or other resins.

 

Postage:

Our commitment is to post items within 3 working days of the order being paid for, although in practice we endeavour to post within 1 or 2 working days.

UK: Our standard postage for this item is based on second class postage within the UK.   First class post and recorded delivery options are available if required.  A postage discount is available for purchases of more than one item. If you are buying multiple items, please request an invoice so that the appropriate discounted postage rate can be given.

It is our policy not to make a profit from post charges but to cover our costs. 

Our postage charges are based on actual costs only (ie post charge + packing and dispatch costs + applied ebay selling fees on post + paypal fees on post). 

 

                                                                                                                                          

Multiple purchases: 

If you are buying a number of items, please request an invoice and we will provide you with an appropriate discounted post rate as these post charges may be lower than the automatically calculated charge.  

 

International buyers:   Please contact for postage rates if they are not specified.

 

Please note:  Due to increased charges for mail set recently by the UK Royal Mail, some postage charges have had to be increased substantially for both UK and international destinations.  Small and low weight items are now subject to a higher minimum charge for air packets. 

 

If you have questions on post charges, please contact us and/or request an invoice.

 

Other products: 

We also list quality orange and lemon shellac, blonde shellac, rosin (colophony), gum damar, gum sandarac, gum benzoin, gum arcacia, beeswax and pearl glue.  Please see other listings or contact for further information. 

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