White shellac
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Description
A transparent, colorless Shellac. White shellac is decolorized with bleach (Sodium hypochlorite) or alkali. It is soluble in ethanol.
Synonyms and Related Terms
bleached shellac; gomme laque blanche (Fr.); goma laca blanca (Esp.); goma laca blanqueada (Esp.)
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Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 706
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000