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This is a screen shot from the primary chemical index, showing some of the synonyms. Note that shellac is also called "confectioner's glaze" and "candy glaze".
I'll be writing more about shellac this week. Expect to find out it's in a lot of things you didn't expect.
Live @ le Ramier - Toulouse, France
Shellac from North America : www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=22
I recorded this short video to show a friend my pre-WWII gramophone and post-WWII record player. Song playing is Fats Waller's 'Shortenin' Bread'. 'Change the needle' and 'put a sock in it' are terms from the gramophone era. You change the needle for every record spun/played. There is no volume control on gramophones, so you put a sock in to muffle the volume. Check out the Gramophone Emporium in Edinburgh or their site www.rare78s.com/
The Shellac Collective, playing their old 78rpm records in support of the Bad Shepherds at the Robin 2 - Sunday 15 June 2014
The Liberon lemon shellac flakes I had were pretty waxy - this works well.
Sort of self evident - but keep pouring the fresh onto the old wax - which acts as its own filter ( first bit through needed to go through again )
Just one layer of kitchen roll - nothing fancy !
Just for Melissa ;-)
...and she'll understand the joke. Here's a photo of an almost whole mica sheet.
The mica sheet above has a shellac binder. The binder binds the mica (the rock) pieces together. The mica is a white color. The shellac gives it that amber shade.
Bought a big pile of old 78's from the boot sale today. Lots of Harry Bidgood and a couple of novelty songs that I will slowly add to the audio blog.