Product	Origin:	Description:
Seed Lac
Shellac	Shellac is mainly produced in India and Thailand. Smaller quantities come from China and Vietnam. The product is manufactured in a process known since the old times as melting filtration. Nowadays hiqh-quality, dewaxed and decoloured Shellac is won by an extraction process using solvents.	Shellac is excreted by the shield louse (latin: Kerria Lacca), which belongs to the family of Coccidae. In India, it is also known as “Lakhsa” - a word coming from Sanskirt meaning “hundred thousand”. Trees and their branches are being infected with Brut-Lac, from which the shield louse, who usually has a lifespan of about 6 months, feeds. The encrusted brances are then collected and the excrete is chopped off into small pieces. At this stage, the product is called “Sticklac”. The Sticklac is then refined by removing insect remains and small wooden pieces. Then it is crushed and washed in cold water in order to remove the dye (Lac Duy). When the Sticklac has dried off, the remains is a redish to brownish material called “Seedlac”. All Shellac qualities are manufactured from Seedlac by further refining.