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Shoe polish:
Shoe polish (or boot polish), is a waxy paste, cream, or liquid used to polish, shine,
and waterproof leather shoes or boots to extend thefootwear's life, and restore,
maintain and improve their appearance.
Ingredients:
Shoe polish is usually made from a mix of natural and synthetic materials,
including naphtha, turpentine, dyes, and gum arabic, using straightforward chemical
engineering processes.
Paraffin wax:
Turpentine oil:
Turpentine (also called spirit of turpentine) is a fluid obtained by
the distillation of resin obtained from live trees, mainly pines. It is mainly used as a
solvent and as a source of materials for organic synthesis.
Formula of oil
Bee wax:
Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of
the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long-chain
alcohols. Bee wax is used as base in that process.
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Carnauba wax:
Carnauba (/also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the
palm Copernicia prunifera , a plant native to and grown only in the
northeastern Brazilianstates of Piau, Cear, and Rio Grande do Norte.[1] It is known
as "queen of waxes"[2] and in its pure state, usually comes in the form of hard yellow-
brown flakes. It is obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm by collecting and
drying them, beating them to loosen the wax, then refining and bleaching the wax.