Post by malxscfc on Jul 14, 2007 0:34:19 GMT
Look it up.
Even if there's no one else, Google is your friend!
Just checked, and I DO NOT mean the Band. The band may be fine, but that's not what I was thinking about...
In hindsight, don't bother. Just have a squint at the bottom third of this page: www.vegansociety.com/html/animals/exploitation/shellac.php
It may be exploitation, but it's clever, and took an observant Society, let alone an individual, to find a use for it.
I can't find the really fascinating article in a newspaper which introduced me to it a while ago....
For other anoraks like me: www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductID=31 Look especially at the Properties paragraph at the bottom of the page.
It's used for glazing sweets too!
You can eat it, drink it, paint it, seal things with it, even at about freezing point, and it's impervious to UV rays. And it's a totally sustainable, renewable product.
It's a weird world....
Even if there's no one else, Google is your friend!
Just checked, and I DO NOT mean the Band. The band may be fine, but that's not what I was thinking about...
In hindsight, don't bother. Just have a squint at the bottom third of this page: www.vegansociety.com/html/animals/exploitation/shellac.php
It may be exploitation, but it's clever, and took an observant Society, let alone an individual, to find a use for it.
I can't find the really fascinating article in a newspaper which introduced me to it a while ago....
For other anoraks like me: www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductID=31 Look especially at the Properties paragraph at the bottom of the page.
It's used for glazing sweets too!
You can eat it, drink it, paint it, seal things with it, even at about freezing point, and it's impervious to UV rays. And it's a totally sustainable, renewable product.It's a weird world....
;D 
