I know I saw a site somewhere that had all kinds of pictures of where
shellac comes from. Lac beetles, harvesting, what raw shellac looks like
with all the bug parts in it, etc. I've spent an hour googling, and I've
turned up bupkis. I usually don't bookmark things, because I have
gradually just grown dependent on remembering enough keywords to re-google
something at will. Not this time.

Any ideas? Did I maybe read it in a book somewhere? I don't think any of
my WW books have color photographs though, and this was color. I don't
read WW magazines.

I'm trying to find this to satisfy my children's curiosity about the bag of
weird looking orange bug doodoo I have on my desk, and to assure them that
it's not made at the expense of using up some unrenewable endangered
resource.

I have also just assured them that it's not really bug crap, but actually
something more like solidified aphid honeydew. Is that actually accurate,
or is it really more of a fecal material?

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Silvan wrote:
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I'm trying to find this to satisfy my children's curiosity about the bag of
weird looking orange bug doodoo I have on my desk, and to assure them that
it's not made at the expense of using up some unrenewable endangered
resource.

I have also just assured them that it's not really bug crap, but actually
something more like solidified aphid honeydew. Is that actually accurate,
or is it really more of a fecal material?

http://green-alan.tripod.com/ReferenceNtoZ.htm
http://www.yellow.co.nz/site/ambrosehealfurniture/
http://www.shellac.net/information.html
http://www.woodworkingshows.com/shellac.htm How it's harvested
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ez...e/66/qanda.cfm
Pix
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/topics/goods.htm Uses

Hope that helps some.
Dave in Fairfax
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Silvan wrote:
I know I saw a site somewhere that had all kinds of pictures of where
shellac comes from. Lac beetles, harvesting, what raw shellac looks like
with all the bug parts in it, etc. I've spent an hour googling, and I've
turned up bupkis. I usually don't bookmark things, because I have
gradually just grown dependent on remembering enough keywords to re-google
something at will. Not this time.

Any ideas? Did I maybe read it in a book somewhere? I don't think any of
my WW books have color photographs though, and this was color. I don't
read WW magazines.

I'm trying to find this to satisfy my children's curiosity about the bag of
weird looking orange bug doodoo I have on my desk, and to assure them that
it's not made at the expense of using up some unrenewable endangered
resource.

I have also just assured them that it's not really bug crap, but actually
something more like solidified aphid honeydew. Is that actually accurate,
or is it really more of a fecal material?

After you show them it comes from bugs also tell them all the things
they eat that is coated in shellac. Some things that come to mind are
fruits and vegetables, some medication is coated.

And jeff Jewitt has the history of shellac as an article, search his
site www.homesteadfinishing.com

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:21:25 GMT, Dave in Fairfax
wrote:

Silvan wrote:
snip
I'm trying to find this to satisfy my children's curiosity about the bag of
weird looking orange bug doodoo I have on my desk, and to assure them that
it's not made at the expense of using up some unrenewable endangered
resource.

I have also just assured them that it's not really bug crap, but actually
something more like solidified aphid honeydew. Is that actually accurate,
or is it really more of a fecal material?

http://green-alan.tripod.com/ReferenceNtoZ.htm
http://www.yellow.co.nz/site/ambrosehealfurniture/
http://www.shellac.net/information.html
http://www.woodworkingshows.com/shellac.htm How it's harvested
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ez...e/66/qanda.cfm
Pix
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/topics/goods.htm Uses

Hope that helps some.
Dave in Fairfax

"Jody" wrote in message
...
Silvan wrote:
I know I saw a site somewhere that had all kinds of pictures of where
shellac comes from. Lac beetles, harvesting, what raw shellac looks like
with all the bug parts in it, etc. I've spent an hour googling, and I've
turned up bupkis. I usually don't bookmark things, because I have
gradually just grown dependent on remembering enough keywords to
re-google
something at will. Not this time.

Any ideas? Did I maybe read it in a book somewhere? I don't think any
of
my WW books have color photographs though, and this was color. I don't
read WW magazines.

I'm trying to find this to satisfy my children's curiosity about the bag
of
weird looking orange bug doodoo I have on my desk, and to assure them
that
it's not made at the expense of using up some unrenewable endangered
resource.

I have also just assured them that it's not really bug crap, but actually
something more like solidified aphid honeydew. Is that actually
accurate,
or is it really more of a fecal material?

After you show them it comes from bugs also tell them all the things they
eat that is coated in shellac. Some things that come to mind are fruits
and vegetables, some medication is coated.

candy, like m&ms.

"Silvan" wrote in message
...
I know I saw a site somewhere that had all kinds of pictures of where

Heard the one about the pirate who walked into a bar with a ship's wheel in
his pants?

Dave in Fairfax wrote:

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ez...e/66/qanda.cfm

That was the one, specifically, I was trying to dig up. Thanks! What a
relief.

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George wrote:

Gotta ask. Fruits and vegetables????

Yep. Do a Google search on "shellac coating fruits vegetables" and
you'll find plenty of mention of shellac as a coating for fruits and
veggies:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search


Chuck Vance
Just say (tmPL): Shellac: it's a floor wax ... and a dessert
topping!

Conan The Librarian wrote:

Yep. Do a Google search on "shellac coating fruits vegetables" and
you'll find plenty of mention of shellac as a coating for fruits and
veggies:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Interesting how the first article is about how there's a new process to
replace shellac in this use with... PVA?! Oh yummy! It's not bad enough
to eat bug doodoo, now they want you to eat glue.

Maybe this is a move to make fruit more popular with the younger crowd.

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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

Ah, the WAX! Big difference.

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
ups.com...
George wrote:

Gotta ask. Fruits and vegetables????

Yep. Do a Google search on "shellac coating fruits vegetables" and
you'll find plenty of mention of shellac as a coating for fruits and
veggies:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search


Chuck Vance
Just say (tmPL): Shellac: it's a floor wax ... and a dessert
topping!