Wax Modeling Flashcards
- Various waxes
- Oils
- Starch
- Pigments
- Scent
Composition of Restorative Waxes
- Reproduce the light refractive characteristics of skin.
- Become pliable at body temperature
- Adhere to cold tissue
- Remain intact with changing temperature
- Taper well
- Accept most cream or powder cosmetics
Quality Restorative Waxes
- Soft (surface restorer)
- Medium (restorative)
- Firm (wound filler)
- Lip-wax
Types of Restorative Waxes
- Soft surface repairs
- Razor burns
- Abrasions
- Wherever a thin film of wax is all that is needed.
Soft Wax (Surface Restorer)
- A firmer wax
- For feature restoration
- Can be used for shallow surface repairs when warmed.
Medium (Restorative)
- The hardest wax
- For feature restoration, deep fill and large cavity restorations.
- Firm wax requires firmly embalmed tissue and a basket-weave suture.
- Must have tissue that is firm and dry
Firm Wax (Wound Filler)
- Very soft wax
- For surfacing over the mucous membranes
- Also for correcting lip separations.
Lip-Wax
- Knead wax in hand (lightens color)
- Immerse in warm water (put in plastic bag)
- Massage cream
- White petroleum jelly
- Cream cosmetic-use firm wax
To soften wax
- Drying poweder (talc)
- Starch (cornstarch)
- Pigment powder - when color is desired
- Chill
- Cold water (in a plastic bag)
- Note: may be a loss of adhesiveness, if that happens, add white petroleum jelly.
To Firm Wax
May determine the wax to be used.
The temperature of the room
- Upon wax
- Mixed with wax
- Under the wax, as a concealing undercoat. ex-razor burns.
Cosmetics can be applied
Only these types of cosmetics can be used with wax.
Opaque Cosmetics
- Usually done with fingers wiped clean and coated with:
- Water
- White petroleum jelly
- Massage cream
- Solvent (hydrocarbon) and a brush.
- will accomplish terminal polishing
- allow the solvent (chemical) time to evaporate.
Smoothing the Wax Surface
- Occurs at the tapered margin of a thin surface application.
- A spatula may be used to draw wax across margins.
- Brush smoothing may help.
Greatest problem while smoothing
- Will stick to fingers and instruments.
- To eliminate sticking:
- must keep fingers and instruments clean
- they may be coated with:
- water
- white petroleum jelly
- massage cream
Problems encountered while handling warm wax
- Stipple brush
- lintless gauze
- paper hand-towel
Skin Texture Reproduction- Pores
A round brush with firm bristles of the same length.
- Most common method
Stipple Brush
- Before application of cosmetic
- While blending cream cosmetics put on face.
- After makeup with cream cosmetics- before powdering.
- After powdering- done through applied powder
Stippling may be done:
- Keep two brushes
- When one becomes contaminated, clean with a solvent (hydrocarbon)
- Set brush aside to dry
- Continue with other clean brush
The stipple brush must be kept clean because a dirty brush will disturb the edges and pull up the wax.
- Dampen gauze
- Lay it over the wax and rub
- Advantage- less danger of damage to wax
- Disadvantage- Regularity of the weave (move it around and rotate the position to resolve this).
Lintless Gauze
- Heavy, coarse towel with rough texture; commercial quality
- Dampen towel
- Laid over wax and rubbed
Paper hand-towel
- May be drawn on the surface with a blunt edged instrument.
- Ligature
- After cosmetics have been completed
Furrows (wrinkles)
- Stippling will modify the depth
- Brush and solvent smoothing can also erase sharp edges
May be drawn on the surface with a blunt-edged instrument.
- Moisten ligature and lay it on the wax surface.
- Gently rub with fingers
- The edge will not be as sharp as the blunt-edged method.
Ligature (for furrows)
- Lay thin plastic on the surface.
- Draw through it with a dull instrument.
After cosmetics have been completed (for furrows)
