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
Charles Rosin 2008, Rosin created the web series and website www.showbizzle.com along with his daughter, Lindsey Rosin. According to the show's website Showbizzle is "a new form of internet entertainment that combines daily updates of original, scripted video content with a social network aimed at emerging actors, writers, directors, fans of the biz – basically anyone with a computer who is looking for some fun entertainment." Rosin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and attended Beverly Hills High School, and the University of California at Berkeley. He is happily married to his wife of many years, Karen Rosin (née Green),