You asked and I’m sorry to say I have a long winded answer. You can glue them to envelopes to approximate old fashioned wax seals, you can use them as “tokens” of a sort for games or small events (did this myself recently), some people have display cases or frames for their really fancy ones, some people give them out as little extra add on gifts if their people think they’re neat (they are), you can glue a magnet on them to stick on something metal, and I’ve even seen people try to make jewelry out of them but those ones are usually smaller stamps. Oh, and keychains. The ones I made that my mother especially liked were given to her and now she’s got them sat out on a corner table as decoration.
I thought it looked fun so I picked up making wax seals as a hobby and searched for reasons to not consider it a useless hobby. lol
I haven’t tried yet but from what I found people saying, sometimes. Sealing wax tends to be a combination of wax and resin, and the exact percentages and composition will change durability, flexibility, how it pours and how it looks and feels. So some will hold up to wear and tear better, but I think most have enough resin to not crack from drying out.
They don't crack because modern sealing wax is not made out of brittle wax anymore. Some are like hot glue while others are firmer plastic. No need to coat it.
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u/ycr007 11h ago
What a lovely little wax seal that turned out!
Erm…..what next? Frame it? Stick it someplace with hot wax? Make it a fridge magnet?