Dewaxed Platina Shellac Flake

Dewaxed platina shellac flake. The palest of the standard dewaxed grades — barely tinted, near-water-clear when dissolved. The shellac for finishes where the wood should look untouched.

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.

Platina is the grade for pale woods you do not want to warm — maple, sycamore, holly — and for instruments where any color shift of the finish is a problem. The trade-off is depth: platina builds slowly and reads thinner than the warmer grades.

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