12-26-2017, 04:19 PM
One thing I've noticed that is pretty amazing, is that the miixture of poppy oil, stand oil and beeswax has sunk into the hide and made it INCREDIBLY strong! And also seems to be bleaching hide a bit. The poppy and stand are drying oils used in oil painting, and the beeswax stops things becoming brittle, but I had not not anticipated this effect. The bottom thicker hide layer of the yoke has become so tough that I can't bend it! Sure it will flex, but there is no way I could ever crease it --it is like very tough plastic. I've been using the hide scale armour at the Met as a model for treatments; it has beeswax left on scales.
Qui sepeliunt capita sua in terra, deos volantes non videbunt.
--Flavius Flav
