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
Birthday Cake (song) the US "Billboard" Hot 100 on the chart issue dated March 10, 2012. In its fourth week on the chart, the song climbed to number 39 and became the fourth top forty single from "Talk That Talk". "Birthday Cake" (Remix) has reached a peaked of number 24. The remix of "Birthday Cake" debuted at number 73 on the Radio Songs chart, generating a 372% increase in spins, on the chart issue dated March 10, 2012. It has so reached a peak of number 16. Birthday Cake (song) "Birthday Cake" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her sixth