On 28 Dec 2004 11:16:18 -0800, "
wrote:

* About an hour later, I smashed it to smithereens with a hammer and
added it to brand new alcohol (in a well sealed plastic bottle, also
from Woodcraft) in a 2# cut

Howdy,

I am confused by the very last phrase above ("in a 2# cut.")

How much shellac (by weight) do you have in how much alcohol
(by volume)?

I suspect that you may just have more shellac than you can
get into solution.

You may already be aware that 2# cut would mean two pounds
of shellac in a gallon of alcohol.

Is that the ratio you actually have?

HTH,

--
Kenneth

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