What most people know nowadays: sealing wax is used to seal letters and assures that no unauthorized person can open them without it being noticed. Sealing wax, however, can also be used artistically or for decorating purposes and we look at it as a nicely quirky and multifaceted, plastic malleable material.

The crucial component of a good sealing wax is shellac - the more shellac, the better the quality. More shellac also means greater brittleness which consequently improves the fracture properties. Low quality sealing wax contain hardly any shellac and cannot hold a candle to the Gutenberg quality standard. 

Processing: Sealing wax should be warmed over an alcohol burner (less build-up of soot), with a soldering iron, with a cigarette lighter or, more traditionally, with a candle. The idea is to slowly heat the wax by continually turning it close to the flame. The turning helps to prevent premature dripping (any comparisons to sex are inappropriate). Once the wax is heated you can either let it drip or simply spread it on your substrate - in multiple layers if necessary. Another possibility is to heat the wax in a small pan (think: pewter casting) and once it becomes liquid to pour it where needed. If you heat the wax too much it will catch fire and burn with the resulting soot streaks whether you want them or not.

In order to form your wax application before it cools, you should use a a classic signet ring the way they have for hundreds of years. Or you can use a "signet" stamp made of metal, usually brass, that has an emblem, a lily, a skull or some other meaningful symbol. Actually you can press practically anything into the wax: a coin, lead type, a wooden stamp, a rubber stamp, a small figure, etc. In order to avoid the wax sticking on your implement you can use cooking oil or the like as a release release agent that you can put on it before pressing. 

Free standard delivery within Germany and free collection from Modulor in Berlin for orders over 79 €.

5,95 € shipping costs, if order value is less than 79 € (DE)

2,95 € for pick-up at the store in Berlin, if order value is less than 79 €

Express and forwarding shipping

From 19 € express surcharge you will receive your order particularly quickly with standard shipping within Germany.

From 69€ is the cost of shipping within Germany. You can recognize articles with forwarding shipping in the store by the truck symbol .

Especially for Berlin

From 34.90 € courier shipping for standard and forwarding goods.

• Free returns for standard shipping within Germany
• Extended, voluntary return policy of 30 days for complete, undamaged goods in their original packaging
• You are responsible for the cost of returns for forwarding goods and returns from a country outside Germany

Excluded from returns

Excluded from returns are sections of rolled goods, cut-to-size pieces and other goods made especially for you, as well as used goods, newspapers, magazines and periodicals, Modulor vouchers and items that we do not carry in our range but have ordered at your request.

Good to know: The furniture variants in our configurators that can be delivered quickly are not cut to size, but standard formats that can be returned.