Shellac Question

Everclear

I have never lived in a state during my adult life that legally sold 200 proof alcohol. An interesting thought I haven't visited since youth. However, I assure you I wouldn't waste it on bug poop.

Re: Everclear

Hmmm. That used to be around in my college years.

When I went to buy some in a NH state liquor store during the pandemic I expected to see it on the shelf and it wasn't. I asked and they did have it in the back. I had to sign a form stating why I needed it (so much for Live Free or Die!) and got a blank stare when I wrote that I wanted to dissolve shellac.

Re: Everclear

It seems to be a shameful waste of one's ethanol budget to be drinking bug spit solvent when one could be sipping a peaty single malt Isley scotch.

Since I've not experimented with 100 proof Everclear, I wonder how much functional difference there is between it and slightly adulterated 190 proof, especially as it affects clouding, leveling and drying time of shellac finishes. I suspect it has a lot to do with temperature and dew point of the shop's atmosphere.

Re: Another Shellac Question

Wiley I think ever clear in California is the weaker stuff. I have a spot in glendale for denatured 190, building is unmarked, hard to find, pretty shady like a speakeasy but here’s what they sell:

https://www.aglayne.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Denatured-Alcohol-190-SDS-Ver-1-1_10-7-15.pdf