Damar Gum high quality from Indonesia
Resinoids

Damar Gum high quality

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About this Damar Gum high quality

Damar gum, a resin from shorea javanica trees, Origin from Sumatera.

Normally, damar gum uses for many:

Dammar varnish, made from dammar gum dissolved in turpentine, was introduced as a picture varnish in 1826; commonly used in oil painting, both during the painting process and after the painting is finished.Dammar varnish and similar gum varnishes auto-oxidize and yellow over a relatively short time regardless of storage method; this effect is more pronounced on paintings stored in darkness than with works on display in light due to the bleaching effects of sunlight on the colorants involved. 

Batik is made from dammar crystals dissolved in molten paraffin wax, to prevent the wax from cracking when it is drawn onto silk or rayon.[citation needed]

Encaustic Paints are made from dammar crystals in beeswax with pigment added. The dammar crystals serve as a hardening agent. 

As caulk for ships in the past, frequently with pitch or bitumen.

As a common mounting material along with canada balsam for preparing biological samples for light microscopy.

Used in Ayurvedic medicine for various conditions.[8

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