HJ, the old stuff on the Davies was combi of beeswax, BL and turps but I did want to soften it a bit. The old stuff also had some cordovan shoe polish in it [McGyver equivalent of alkanet dye]. The buffing rag didn't pick up any red so I think the stuff was well set. Hadoke's recipe has carnauba in it; plant derived wax vs. insect produced but still a "wax". BL is BL; turps is turps; the horse cuticle reinforcer sure seems to be doing its job as a drier. I doubt if the word adhesion applies here as it would with paint on greasy woodwork or a sprayed coat of polyurethane over a coat which has completely cured. I'm thinking there really ain't no unlike between like and like in this case to produce "unamalgamated" layers. Maybe a feller with a microscope could section the stuff and ID layers. Fortunately, I don't have one and am content with whatever cookery {polymerization, oxidation) is going on here.

jack