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ECO Smart Organics like all responsible companies prides itself on ensuring that all our 100% Organic products are made using totally natural plant extracts and other natural elements only! In addition, all ingredients from are from fully sustainable world wide resources.
Carnauba wax is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree known as Copernica Cerifera, which is also referred to as the "Tree of Life". This slow-growing carnauba palm flourishes in the northeastern regions of Brazil, reaching an average height of 25-35 feet. It proliferates along riverbanks, streams and damp lowlands. The tree exudes a wax through the petioles of its fan-shaped leaves, preventing dehydration from the equatorial climate.
The cutting of the leaves and sprouts takes place during the dry months of September through February. Workers use knives on long poles to trim the leaves from mature trees. The cut leaves are sun-dried and mechanically thrashed to remove the crude wax. This crude wax, in its powder form, is transported from the countryside and sold to shippers for export.
With a maximum cutting of twenty leaves per year from a tree, the average yield of wax for each tree is about one kilo per cutting. The majority of tree harvesting takes place in the Brazilian States of Ceara and Piaui. The colour and quality of the wax are governed by the age of the leaves and care used in processing of this hard, brittle, lustrous wax.
Oasis Waterless™, Aqua fr33™ and Bio-Oasis™ are all manufactured using finest medical grade carnauba, further removing impurities also allowing better performance and consistency with totally safe biocide applications.
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Forms available | Flakes, Lumps, Powder. |
Grades Available | ECO Smart Organics Finest Medical Grade No.1 Yellow, NC #2 Light (Type 3), NC #3 Dark (Type 4-Filtered), NC #3 Centrifuged (Type 4) |
Typical applications for carnauba wax include | Oasis Waterless™ Aqua fr33™ Bio-Oasis™
Smart Eco Friendly Cleaning Solutions, Cosmetics, Glamour Products, Pharmaceuticals, Ointments, Tablet Coatings, Candles, Confections, Investment Casting, Auto, Floor and Shoe Polishes, Carbon Paper, Inks, and Paper Coatings, Fruit Coatings. |
Compatibility | ECO Smart Organics medical grade carnauba wax is compatible with most animal, vegetable and mineral waxes and a large variety of natural and synthetic resins. |
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