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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Dark red, translucent buttons of unbleached [ | + | Dark red, translucent buttons of unbleached [[shellac]]. Buttonlac is prepared by dropping spoonfuls of molten lac onto a flat surface or into a mold. The cooled buttons, ranging in size from 1 to 4 inches, are also called garnet lac. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 9 January 2014
Description
Dark red, translucent buttons of unbleached Shellac. Buttonlac is prepared by dropping spoonfuls of molten lac onto a flat surface or into a mold. The cooled buttons, ranging in size from 1 to 4 inches, are also called garnet lac.
Synonyms and Related Terms
gomma lacca (It); button lac; garnet lac
Other Properties
Soluble in ethanol.
Authority
- 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