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lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
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Natural resin with a low melting point. It is mainly used on dry mounting tissue.
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| shellac |
A finish produced from a combination of alcohol and resins excreted by the Lac Beetle. Has good ambering, may become tacky when subjected to high humidity and lacks the high abrasion resistance of more modern finishes. Generally low in cost, this finish may water spot but is easy to use.
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| shellac |
A natural resin that is secreted by the Lac insect and deposited on trees. It is collected, purified and used for industrial purposes and for body care or as hair spray. In the '40s and '50s one could always tell who used a hair spray with shellac in it because their hair-dos formed perfect hard shapes unflappable in the wind and sent out little dandruff puffs of flakes throughout the evening. I read that now in the '90s shellac-based hair sprays do not flake (which I sincerely doubt). ...
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| shellac |
Alcohol-soluble, clear to orange-colored resin derived from lac. (Lac is a substance secreted by insects on tree branches, mainly in India.) Used as a sealer and clear finish for floors, for sealing knots, and in "alcohol-based" primers. Thinner is denatured alcohol.
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