I spent a bit of time this weekend dipping some matches in shellac. I used to use wax (canning wax) but my last batch of Diamonds dipped in wax did not strike well at all for some reason..the heads just went soft. So I am going for shellac.



These are the new imported strike-anywheres...Penley's from Chile that SgtMike posted about a while ago. They are very similar to Diamond matches but I think they seemed a bit more consistantly made also. I dipped them and dried them overnight.

I took 3 and dropped them in a bucket of water for 3 minutes then struck them on a terracotta pot. Each fired up nicely. The shellac makes them a bit harder to ignite so an aggressive surface works better than a smoother one.

I filled up each of my cases and am ready to go.