If you've ever admired the shiny coat of a jelly bean before popping the candy in your mouth, spare a thought for the tiny ...

This forum is usually about high-tech wood coatings. But from time to time, I will discuss something that is tried and true and, perhaps, not so high tech. Shellac is definitely a low-tech product. It ...

For lacquer finish users, good news: Shellac flakes have become more plentiful. Shellac starts out as a crusty protective coating secreted on tree branches by the tiny lac bug (Laccifer lacca), which ...

Almost every week, it seems, I read another news story about eating bugs. Usually, it’s some hyperventilating young reporter going on about how one day we'll all be eating bugs; or boasting about ...

Some citrus fruits sold at the supermarket chain, including lemons, limes and oranges, are covered in a post-harvest wax containing shellac. Shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in ...