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Yonnee
23rd December 2010, 10:52 PM
Hard Shellac : CARBA-TEC (http://www.carbatec.com.au/hard-shellac_c11763)

Hurry, only till Christmas eve.


Gotta be great stuff when it's dearer on special...
:doh::doh::doh:

Woodwould
23rd December 2010, 11:01 PM
I ordered a 500ml bottle of U-Beaut shellac last week. A few days later I received a phone call from the Melbourne shop to advise me that delivery would be over $100, but he couldn't give me an exact figure until he confirmed the delivery with the courier!

Yonnee
23rd December 2010, 11:09 PM
Melbourne to Melbourne $100.00 !!! !!

Couriers Please coupons are $11.00 for the first 25Kg. Tell 'em they're dreamin'.

elderly
24th December 2010, 03:08 PM
I tried to place an order with Carba Tec Melbourne last week and they said they no longer take orders i would have to go through Brisbane. I rang Brisbane they told me they did not have stock of what i wanted and they would pass the order on to Melbourne.

Woodwould
24th December 2010, 03:16 PM
I tried to place an order with Carba Tec Melbourne last week and they said they no longer take orders i would have to go through Brisbane. I rang Brisbane they told me they did not have stock of what i wanted and they would pass the order on to Melbourne.

That's actually how my order went too!

munruben
24th December 2010, 05:10 PM
That's actually how my order went too!And that's what we call progress.:) Unbelievable isn't it?

Bob38S
25th December 2010, 08:42 AM
And that's what we call progress.:) Unbelievable isn't it?

Yep - it's right up there with

- doing your banking in the street
- being charged for the "service" which was once provided as a service
- when anything bad happens look for someone to blame
- when anything good happens try to claim the credit
- getting a ticket 3 weeks after the so called offence
- spamming cold callers on the phone
-
I could go on and on and on and on but that might prove me to be an old phart :B

Woodwould
25th December 2010, 09:15 AM
No shellac in my Christmas stocking this morning!

Yonnee
25th December 2010, 10:12 AM
No shellac in my Christmas stocking this morning!

Oh well. I hope there was something you wanted.

Merry Christmas.

Woodwould
25th December 2010, 10:44 AM
I was jesting; we don't do Christmas any more since the kids have flown the nest. I can happily report there was not a single piece of Christmas wrapping paper wasted in this household today.

watson
25th December 2010, 11:29 AM
Good stuff WW.
For the last 20 years or so we have our traditional Christmas lunch of tomato and onion sangers (with far too much pepper and salt)........Joy to the world....be buggered :hahaha:

Woodwould
25th December 2010, 11:35 AM
Those hostages sound delicious! We're having homemade turkey and cranberry meat loaf followed by homemade plum pudding ice cream. That's as Christmassy as we feel the need for.

ubeaut
27th December 2010, 03:55 PM
Next time you want hard Shellac give Carroll's a ring 03 5251 3874 or order it online from U-Beaut Polishes (Carrolls do all our online, phone, and mail orders for us) You'll get the freshest product available, no mucking around, same day dispatch and all that without the rediculous delivery charges.

By the way all our shellac prices will be going up from Jan 1st. There has been a massive 87% price increase in the price of shellac from India due to major crop failures. We have been carrying this for the last few months but can't carry it any longer, especially when the base price per kg is only 75 cents below our wholesale price.

Shellac price is tipped to go up by another 40-50% before too long. We have a share in $300,000 half container load purchased just before it actually hit the 87% mark and have enough to carry through till the prices come back down again in a few years. Hopefully.....

Cheers - Neil :U

PS Not the first time this has happened. Last time was in 2000.

Woodwould
27th December 2010, 04:52 PM
Next time you want hard Shellac give Carroll's a ring 03 5251 3874 or order it online from U-Beaut Polishes (Carrolls do all our online, phone, and mail orders for us) You'll get the freshest product available, no mucking around, same day dispatch and all that without the rediculous delivery charges.

By the way all our shellac prices will be going up from Jan 1st. There has been a massive 87% price increase in the price of shellac from India due to major crop failures. We have been carrying this for the last few months but can't carry it any longer, especially when the base price per kg is only 75 cents below our wholesale price.

Shellac price is tipped to go up by another 40-50% before too long. We have a share in $300,000 half container load purchased just before it actually hit the 87% mark and have enough to carry through till the prices come back down again in a few years. Hopefully.....

Cheers - Neil :U

PS Not the first time this has happened. Last time was in 2000.

Thanks Neil. :thyel:

I should have investigated further, but silly old me thought that as Carba-Tec are just round the corner a bit from me (but still too far for my scooter batteries!) that dlivery would have been cheap.

I'll place an order with Carroll's this evening or tomorrow.

rsser
27th December 2010, 05:37 PM
Just as an aside, now that, maybe, the hot weather will be upon us, is there any mileage Neil in storing this product (and your flakes) in the fridge?

My shed gets to temps in the high 30s or worse over the summer.

Woodwould
27th December 2010, 05:41 PM
In this country, I wouldn't trust my shellac in a shed. I keep mine in a fridge all year round.

ubeaut
27th December 2010, 10:08 PM
Yep definitely refrigerate it and keeping it from strong light will also stop the bleached (white) stuff from darkening in the bottle.

All our raw stuff is kept in cold storage until ready to put down to liquid. This dramatically extends the shelf life, which in really hot weather can be little as a few weeks. Cold storage can extent this shelf life to many years and gives us a raw product as good as when it was first made. We have all our shellac shipped from India in Refrigerated containers. It is never out of refrigeration for more than a couple of days before it is put down to liquid.

Cheers :U