Dewaxed Blonde Shellac Flake

Dewaxed blonde shellac flake. The classic light-toned dewaxed grade. Pale enough not to shift the color of the wood beneath it, dewaxed enough to sit cleanly under any topcoat that comes after.

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 produce in solution.

Blonde is the working default for many shops — pale woods, French polishing, projects where the finish should disappear into the wood rather than announce itself.

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