RE: New Building Techique!!!!
Lost wax is not a type of wax. It is a method of casting. Most jewelry is cast with the "lost wax" method. Basically you carve your piece out of the wax, mount it inside a flask and fill with investment. (similar to plaster of paris) Then it is placed in a furnace and the wax is melted/burned out leaving a mold in which you pour your metal/gold. The investment/mold is immersed in water an dissolved leaving only your piece of gold jewelry. The wax and mold are all "lost".
Dennis Rousseau
Senior Jewler
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