Is there a simple way to "dewax" shellac? Can it be as simple as heating it
and allowing the wax to drain off?

Thanks

Deb

Dr. Deb wrote:
Is there a simple way to "dewax" shellac? Can it be as simple as heating it
and allowing the wax to drain off?

Thanks

Deb
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...fc8e9db65d5381
From an exact phrase match. Google can be your friend. But I thought
there'd been more discussion about it than the 8 responses I found.
So I tried all the words and got
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Joe

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:46:17 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, "Dr.
Deb" quickly quoth:

Is there a simple way to "dewax" shellac? Can it be as simple as heating it
and allowing the wax to drain off?

Wax is that white, milky substance in the bottom of the shellac
jug. Pour off the top portion (with no milky goo) and you have a
fairly well dewaxed shellac. Use the bottom part to coat the inside
of drawers or something.


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I store my shellac in glass jars (with tight lids!) out in the "2nd"
refrigerator in the garashop. A 1# cut settles out in a week or so,
clear on top, scum at the bottom. Simple (careful) decanting of the
clear stuff results in unwaxed shellac. The bottom gunk, as another
poster noted, does fine on drawer insides.

Regards.





On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:46:17 -0600, "Dr. Deb"
wrote:

Is there a simple way to "dewax" shellac? Can it be as simple as heating it
and allowing the wax to drain off?

Thanks

Deb