To celebrate 4 million TikTok followers, a candle-maker dipped her hand into 100 layers of wax. Watching the wax layers dry in a bulbous mound over her hand is mesmerizing but also a little icky. In ...
Plain beeswax was the traditional finish in the European Age of Oak that lasted for about a century, until 1700. An oil may have been used for the initial coat, and it, rather than the wax, accounts ...