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Type Words
Synonyms shellack
Type of varnish, seal


She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots.
Type Words
Synonyms shellac varnish
Type of varnish
Has types french polish shellac, french polish
Type Words
Type of lac

Examples of shellac

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Shellac clean-up may be done either with pure alcohol or with ammonia cleansers.
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Once the shellac dries, in less than an hour, add whatever color coat you want.
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That will strip the paint and the shellac, leaving a surface ready to refinish.
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Like 78s, early soundtrack discs were pressed in an abrasive shellac compound.
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Find these waxes at the same woodworking supply companies that sell shellac flakes.
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Anyone who knows shellac knows that it covers only the surface of an object.
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Varnish and shellac provide a protective coating without changing the color.
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His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac.
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Shellac is a very widely used single component resin varnish that is alcohol soluble.
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More examples
  • Cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
  • Lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
  • A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
  • Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes (pictured at right), which are dissolved in denatured alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. ...
  • Shellac (sometimes referred to as Shellac of North America) is an American group composed of Steve Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass guitar and vocals) and Todd Trainer (drums and vocals). ...
  • A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc; To coat something with shellac; To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts
  • (SHELLACS) are clear or pigmented coatings formulated solely with the resinous secretions of the lac beetle (laccifer lacca), thinned with alcohol, and formulated to dry by evaporation without a chemical reaction.
  • A transparent coating made by dissolving lac, a resinous secretion of the lac bug (a scale insect that thrives in tropical countries, especially India), in alcohol.
  • A coating made from purified lac dissolved in alcohol, often bleached white.