Pigmented wax compositions

Claim 1

A PIGMENTED FORMED WAX ARTICLE FOR USE IN APPLYING A LAYER OF PIGMENTED WAX MATERIAL TO A SURFACE BY RUBBING SAID ARTICLE THEREON, COMPRISING A CRYSTALLINE WAX COMPONENT FORMED INTO THE FORM OF SAID ARTICLE, A SOLID INORGANIC COLORED PIGMENT PHASE OF DISCRETE PARTICLES UNIFORMLY DISPERSED THROUGH SAID MOLDED WAX COMPONENET AND FORMING THEREWITH A SELF-SUSTAINING MATRIX OF ENCHANCED STRENGTH AND CRUSH RESISTANCE FOR SAID ARTICLE, AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF SAID DISPERSED PARTICLES OF SAID SOLID PIGMENT PHASE CARRYING ON THE SURFACES THEREOF A WATER-INSOLUBLE OLEPHILIC TREATING MATERIAL AND BEING A METAL SALT OF A FATTY ACID AND HAVING AN ALKALINE PH FOR MAINTAINING SAID PARTICLES OLEPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC AS DISPERSED IN SAID ARTICLE AND IN SAID LAYER OF SAID PIGMENTED MATERIAL APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE, AND A DYE FOR FURTHER COLORING SAID WAX ARTICLE AND SAID LAYER OF MATERIAL AS APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE, SAID COLORED PIGMENT PHASE HAVING GREATER OIL ABSORPTION AND COLOR CHARACTERISTICS THAN THE SAME AMOUNT OF SAID PIGMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID OLEOPHILIC TREATING MATERIAL, AND SAID ARTICLE ALSO INCLUDING AN INSOLUBLE SOAP MATERIAL WHICH IS A REACTION PRODUCT OF SAID FATTY ACID METAL SALT AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WAXY INGREDIENTS OF SAID WAX COMPONENT.