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Flake Shellac
Bysakhi Dark Seed Lac Warm Neutral Brown, excellent for older antique restorations Kusmi Seed Lac Lighter carmel amber tones (‘kusmi’ winter production) Kusmi #1 Button (genuine buttons) Carmel Amber toned buttons Kusmi #2 Button (genuine buttons) Amber Brownish for antiques, darker woods. Bysakhi Button (genuine buttons) Dark brownish warm garnet tones. Garnet Rich Brown-Redish cast. Hand Made Lemon Yellow a thicker Cinamon Orange flake. MMTN - GOSSAMER Very Thin, quick dissolving, medium yellow Lemon Yellow / Orange general purpose light yellow creamy colour. Dewaxed Flake Dewaxed Garnet Deep Rich Brown-Redish cast. Dewaxed RUBY Ruddy Amber Flake - from Siam seed use on Mahogany and to intermix with other shellac to warm tones. Dewaxed Orange Shellac Deep rich colour. Dewaxed Lemon Yellow general use & undercoat rich yellow-orange. Dewaxed Beige (Almost Blonde) Beige, pale slight golden toned. BLONDE -- Dewaxed Light Pale Transparency. Super Blonde -- Dewaxed VERY Light Pale Transparent. PLATINA -- Dewaxed Extra LITE Crystalline Pale Platinum Blonde Transparent. Needed for mixing: About Shellac Shellac is an excellent quick drying, non waterproof, finish. Shellac requires experience in order to be able to use it to its full potential. Flake form allows fresh quality shellac to be prepared and avoid waste. Use shellac to seal in sap, resin, grease or oil marks after cleaning and prior to painting or lacquering. Thinned shellac makes an excellent stain barrier coat or hold out coat especially on soft woods and difficult or end grain prior to staining. Test all mixed shellac for drying if several months old. If the surface stays tacky after 8 hours and does not sand freely without gumming, the shellac is old and will not dry and must be discarded. |
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Dissolving
& Mixing Flake Shellac Mix in a dark plastic or glass container with a tightly fitting lid. Store in a cool and dark place if a clear container is used. Soak the flake shellac in about 1/2 of the total alcohol to be used for 24 hours or longer (cool room temperatures will slow the process; pulverize the button shellac to speed dissolving) stir occasionally and when dissolved add the balance of the alcohol. The consistency of shellac is determined by “cut”. A 3 lb. cut would be 3 lbs. of shellac flakes per one gallon of high quality Denatured Alcohol solvent. If you have never worked with shellac before it is recommended that you start with a light consistency, preferably about a 1 lb. - 1.5 lb. cut. A one pound cut is (1 lb. of flake to 1 Gal.) - or [1/4 lb. in a Qt.] of Denatured Alcohol. To mix 1 pint of 1 Lb. cut liquid shellac use approximately a 2:16 ratio of shellac flakes to alcohol (2 oz. of shellac flakes dissolved in 16 oz. of alcohol). Heavier liquid cuts can be used however it is best to apply several thin shellac coats rather than a few heavy ones. After the shellac is fully dissolved, it should be strained through a fine mesh cheese cloth to remove any impurities. Shellac is made from the lac bug and a few bits of bug carcass are often left particularly in Seed Lac. Before the liquid shellac is used, it should be shaken or stirred thoroughly and allowed to stand for a few hours. After dissolving, the different shellac colours may be intermixed in the liquid state to obtain intermediate tones or shades of shellac. Application Home: www.shellac.net |
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