How Shellac is made

[ERLover]

Why do you think M & M melt in your mouth, not in your hands? Shellac!
Lover- you are on task!

Chris, I am better at food then SS maintenance info, not to mention my nephew is a food chemist, head of RnD department.

[ERLover]

In these days of going Green renewable resources and All Natural, Shellac fits all 3!! I did some Shellacing today and will give a 2nd coat after din din.

[Ed in Tampa]

Great video! I really enjoyed it. Shellac is severely under rated by many woodworkers.
I had to use Shrllac to keep some maple from blotching, because of this I learned a lot and feel in love with Shellac.

[ERLover]

Nice and interesting video, I knew it came from bug secretion, but not know the whole process till now.
One of my go to finishes, 2lb cut, or a seal coat over oil based stain, b4 I use an oil base Poly that may reactivate the stain, and give a cloudy appearance to the Poly.
To day doing the bench for the ER, BLO cut about in half with MS, wipe on, wipe off, to pop the Doug Fir grain, I did not need to wait for it to dry, 2lb cut of Shellac with some Trans Tint dye in it for color, bamb, done, now 4 hours latter a 2nd coat of clear Shellac, it dries so fast, then tomorrow a coat of oil based Poly.
Down side is in very dry weather it can dry too fast when wiping or brushing on for it to flatten nicely. Hence the French Polishing Technique with a touch of BLO with it.

[ERLover]

Shellac sprays well but volital, do to a alcohol base.

[JPG]

A possible 'problem' with home grown food is one does not know what form of wild life visited the plot and what they do there.

Also, birds do multitask while flying.(just ask yer car).

[algale]

Technically shellac isn't bug "crap" although it is a secretion of some kind and it is edible. Honey likewise is an edible bug product. From what I understand, they ingest it, regurgitate it and work it with their mouth parts. Not appetizing to think about how it is made, but delicious stuff!

[garys]

A possible 'problem' with home grown food is one does not know what form of wild life visited the plot and what they do there.

Also, birds do multitask while flying.(just ask yer car).

Commercially grown food has those same problems plus all the poisonous chemicals they use to produce it.

[jsburger]

A possible 'problem' with home grown food is one does not know what form of wild life visited the plot and what they do there.

Also, birds do multitask while flying.(just ask yer car).

Commercially grown food has those same problems plus all the poisonous chemicals they use to produce it.

Yes I guess they do. What "poisonous chemicals" are used? We have the safest food in the world. Commercial food is probably cleaned and washed more thoroughly than most households do.

[ERLover]

A possible 'problem' with home grown food is one does not know what form of wild life visited the plot and what they do there.

Also, birds do multitask while flying.(just ask yer car).

Commercially grown food has those same problems plus all the poisonous chemicals they use to produce it.

Yes I guess they do. What "poisonous chemicals" are used? We have the safest food in the world. Commercial food is probably cleaned and washed more thoroughly than most households do.

Grain bins are "gassed" with insecticides and pesticides for 1, some Ketchup brands say 1% Protien on the ingredients, to cover snakes, mice, other field rodents that get picked up by the tomato harvesters.
All has been cooked so I dont worry about it.
I agree we do have the safest food in the world if it is grown in the US. I stay away from anything from Mexico, some fields are open human sewers from the workers.