Know of a shellac supplier?

[JDarvall]

I'm after a good de-waxed grade.

Heard of bloke on the east coast somewhere who only deals in the stuff. shellacman or shellac something.

appreciate any tips. ta.

[jmk89]

Mr UBeaut

[RufflyRustic]

should I play my broken record #1?

oh, JMK beat me already

[JDarvall]

ta. is it dewaxed Neil. sell any pumice powder ?

[DJ’s Timber]

ta. is it dewaxed Neil. sell any pumice powder ?

Yes & yes

[JDarvall]

kinda after 'extra pale' or something like. apparently the wax in it doesn't clog up your sandpaper. But the de -waxed stuff looks better and more water resistant etc.

[JDarvall]

Yes & yes

thankyou kindly. ...ummm can you get it in flakes ? don't want liquid...shelf life problems etc........sounding picky now. sorry.

[JDarvall]

Can I buy a larger amount than that too. something bigger. 10litres be nice.

[JDarvall]

the powders talcum.....i'm thinking of something different I think.

its a powder you rub into the shellac with 0000 steel wool after a few weeks when its fully cured. just final finishing to take care of little blemishes.

[m2c1Iw]

Get Neils book as well you can't go wrong although I've tried very hard to prove that theory is flawed.

Mike

[JDarvall]

uno, it all looks great. And thankyou kindly for all the advice....the products must be tops.....but I've got to just buy what I need (and I'm a bit of a tightarse).I'm just after de-waxed flaked(not liquid) shellac. Hoping to get it cheaper in a bulk buy. Does Neil sell it this way ?

....and pumice....but I can get by without that.

[echnidna]

dewaxed is harder to come by in flake form as it goes off quickly unless stored correctly.

[ubeaut]

It has a short shelf life in the powder form and must be kept refrigerated at 4C. I can sell you 25kg but if you're a tightarse as you say you sure as hell won't want to part with $500 odd just to have most of it go off before you get to use it.

In the liquid form it will last for up to 2 years (I give 18 mth to cover myself) what's left can be cut with around 8 parts metho and used as sanding sealer which will last pretty much indefinitely.

You can buy it in 500ml which will give you from 1 to 2 litres depending on how you intend to use it, 5 litres and 25 litres all of which will mix down to at least twice their volume and up to 10 times, again depending on how you intend to use it.

Oh yeah... It won't change the colour of the timber any more than wetting the wood with water.

Pumice is for dulling down. If you want to improver the finish you probably want tripoli powder. You don't use with steel wool unless you want to dull down. Going by your knowledge of shellac I reckon you should top it all off with a book and hey presto.

Neil

[JDarvall]

It has a short shelf life in the powder form and must be kept refrigerated at 4C. I can sell you 25kg but if you're a tightarse as you say you sure as hell won't want to part with $500 odd just to have most of it go off before you get to use it.

In the liquid form it will last for up to 2 years (I give 18 mth to cover myself) what's left can be cut with around 8 parts metho and used as sanding sealer which will last pretty much indefinitely.

You can buy it in 500ml which will give you from 1 to 2 litres depending on how you intend to use it, 5 litres and 25 litres all of which will mix down to at least twice their volume and up to 10 times, again depending on how you intend to use it.

Oh yeah... It won't change the colour of the timber any more than wetting the wood with water.

Pumice is for dulling down. If you want to improver the finish you probably want tripoli powder. You don't use with steel wool unless you want to dull down. Going by your knowledge of shellac I reckon you should top it all off with a book and hey presto.

Neil

Thankyou kindly for your advice. I am pretty new to shellac and its getting confusing.

I get it sorry. ok. The only way I can get anything finish related here is through you. Its just, as you'd know, money don't grow on trees, and I have to find the best deal.

I'd buy the book, but I've already got one in front of me, by a guy called 'Tim Judson' in England. Says he's trained in cabinetmaking and furniture restoration at the london colege of furniture.....

This is what he says.....

'dry shellac flakes will have an indefinite shelf life if kept stored dry and cool' .....can't flaked dewaxed shellac be bought ? only powder ?.....or is it something to do with no wax that kills its shelf life ?. has he failed to mention something? Because flakes and powder I thought is dry.

gotcha on the tripoli....use tripoli or prumice it says. with a rag. not talc no steel wool.

[JDarvall]

Can you dewax shellac yourself ?

thinking that since waxed shellac has an indefinete shelf life, and if its easy enough to dewax myself, then I could bulk buy the stuff so I get it cheaper and dewax each portion of it before use.