mastic
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A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
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A little more than one spoonful of "black oil" combined with even one spoonful of mastic varnish resulted in the "jelly" medium thought to be Megilp (another name of Maroger media).
For Health and Safety reasons, overhead glass was laminated and vertical panes toughened, and specialised form of mastic was used to fix the panes, replacing original linseed oil putty that had contributed to the decay of the building over the century.
Many of the media involved in Curry's work (and other followers of Maroger) bear no resemblance whatsoever to the modern mastic varnish/black oil recipe.
Mastic Must uses a highly-densified sap from Greek mastic trees, that binds to congestion, purifying and shrinking the look of pores without drying.
In July, workers installed several of the paintings on the outside of the former Smitty’s hardware store on Mastic Beach Road.
It comes with a syringe that is very easy to use for it dispenses the glue evenly and has separated containers of epoxy mastic and hardener to keep the glue from drying up.