Tea Time: Lesson 3

Heating the Wax:

Do not heat the wax above 240 degrees.

Using the wax paper:

Very important! Make sure you remove the wax paper from under your project every time you finish waxing.  If you do not do this, then when you watercolor on your rice paper it will become very fragile and it will tear when you try to peal the batik away from the was paper. If you accidently tear your project do not panic. This can easily happen and it is easily repaired at the end of the project.

How to repair a tear in the rice paper:

After you have ironed out the wax from the batik at the end of the project, take a piece of rice paper that has been dipped in wax, and iron it onto the back of your masterpiece. You won’t see it and the rip will be fixed.