Shellac Flakes Shelf Life. Get the stuff in a can pre mixed. Once shellac is dissolved in alcohol, it begins deteriorating (more rapidly in hot temperatures). You can cut it with alcohol too and has a 3 year shelf life.

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Once shellac flakes are dissolved in alcohol, it has a shelf life of about 6 months. I've always thought that if the shellac dissolved and then dried hard enuf to sand it was ok. Question shellac does not dissolve in alcohol.

Then put your flakes in a glass jar (metal will cause the shellac to darken) pour in the.

Its a finish its a primer its a sealer and a stain killer.two ounces of blon de shellac flakes are offer. I have quite a lot of shellac flakes in plastic self seal bags, airtight i assumed. Another factor in the shelf life of the flakes is how it is stored. 8 large shellac manufacturers are shipped the dry shellac flakes. I tried using some unsuccessfully with wax chuck and could not get it to stick properly. They then remoisturize the flakes by adding denatured ethyl alcohol. I know the woodworkers when dissolving shellac to use as a finish consider it to have a shelf life of a few. Is there a shelf life to the flakes?