ORIGIN:

Used since ancient times, lac is a natural resin of outstanding properties and exceptional versatility. The only known resin of animal origin, it is actually the hardened secretion of a tiny insect, Laccifer laccca.

It is used in variety of products like pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food industry & some other industrial applications. This durable and amorphous non toxic natural resin offers excellent physical and chemical features and is thus a sustainable organic and biodegradable natural resin preferable in many respects to synthetic resins.

Shellac has become an ideal base for binders and insulating products, primers and stabilizing coatings because of its high degree of elasticity & film forming characteristics.

Raw Shellac (Sticklac) contains approx: 40-60% pure Shellac, 4-6 % Shellac Wax and impurities, like sticks and sand etc and about 8 % of color.

CHARACTERISTICS OF SHELLAC

» Hard and amorphous resin
» Non Toxic
» Thermoplastic
» Edible
» Low melting point
» Soluble in lower alcohols & other solvents
» U-V resistance
» Water soluble in alkaline solution
» Has excellent dielectric properties & strength
» Low thermal conductivity
» Low coefficient of expansion
» Forms smooth & high gloss films in surface coatings, have excellent adhesive properties.