Rosin taken when melting it. It is soluble in alcohol, ether, benzene and chloroform. Rosin consists mainly of abietic acid, and combines with caustic alkalis to form salts (rosinates or pinates) that are known as rosin soaps. In addition to its extensive use in soap making, rosin is largely employed in making varnishes (including fine violin varnishes), sealing wax and various adhesives. It is also used for preparing shoemakers' wax, for pitching lager beer casks, and numerous other purposes such as providing backing surfaces to tin ware, copper ware, or even silver and gold vessels when embossing or engraving them (its
Stadium Cake Stadium Cake Stadium Cake is the debut album of Australian pop/folk band Oh Pep! It was released on June 24, 2016, and is the band's fourth release after three EPs: "Oh Pep!", "II" and "Living". Oh Pep! consists of two members, Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs. While producing "Stadium Cake", the band sought to explore different musical styles to their previous EPs. Hally said in 2015, “We’re more aware now of exactly what we want with our sound, and for that matter exploring sounds that we haven’t used before. [...] There’s more of a pop influence this time, some rock."