U.S. Pat. No. 3,629,171 to Kremer et al. provides a hot melt wax composition having reduced stress cracking composed of a wax such as paraffin, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a sufficient amount of a wax-compatible, non-corrosive carboxylic acid such as oleic acid, lauric acid, and pentacosanoic acid to provide the composition with a total acid number of from 5 to 200, and a solid butyl rubb