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Archive for September, 2011

There are many interesting art supplies available today. Not only kids at grade school love to use them, but renowned artists do have a fondness for wax crayons. However, what remains a wonder is how wax crayon manufacturers make crayons. This article will take you to a little excursion to discover how wax crayons are made.

A crayon factory mixes up loads of wax in a huge tank, and then adds a pigment to give it color. That is the oversimplification of the process, though. In reality making wax crayons is a little more complicated than that.

There are specific types of dyes that need to be compatible with the wax. The pigments are picked after a very long selection process, and are added with various chemicals. In order to achieve a desired color, such as brick red, it takes them time to mix a lot of base pigments.

Once the mixture is ready, the burning-hot molten wax is poured to special machinery that molds it to very long stick shapes. The sticks are then cooled down and hardened, and finally cut to the lengths of wax crayons. The manufacturer packs the crayons in sets and makes them ready for shipping. As you see, it takes a lot of effort to bring you those little crayon pieces.

Face paint and plasticine is created much in the same way, but with slightly different steps and materials. Face paint suppliers need to make sure that their products is safe to the skin and will not cause any allergies.

Plasticine is actually a trademarked name for putty-like modeling clay company. Over the years, however, it has become a generic term used to refer to all modeling clay for children. Plasticine suppliers also need to make sure their clay products are non-toxic and safe for little children.