Dewaxed Beige Shellac Flake

Dewaxed beige shellac flake. A light-toned dewaxed grade, slightly warmer than blonde, slightly lighter than amber. Sits in the working middle of the dewaxed lineup.

Dewaxed flake is a 20th-century industrial development — the wax that occurs naturally in the lac is removed through controlled solvent and filtration steps. The result is a shellac that lays down clearer, takes higher topcoats more reliably, and dissolves cleanly without the cloudiness wax-containing grades can produce in solution.

Beige is useful when a project calls for a slightly-warmer-than-neutral cast — a subtle tone shift on lighter woods, a bridge between blonde and amber when neither is quite right.

Sourced direct from a fifth-generation refining family in India who has supplied this bench since 1990. Pure, uncut, genuine.