Timeline for Solvent for Shellac in California
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| May 4, 2022 at 10:13 | comment | added | Michael Kohne | Also, for those who want to have a go at distillation, this book might help. If nothing else it's a fun read. | |
| May 4, 2022 at 10:13 | comment | added | Michael Kohne | For those interested, I think this is the controlling regulation: regulation. | |
| May 2, 2022 at 22:00 | vote | accept | kdopen | ||
| May 2, 2022 at 16:01 | answer | added | STW | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 23, 2022 at 4:53 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 13:40 | comment | added | kdopen | amazon.com/Klean-Strip-QKGA75003-Denatured-Alcohol-1-Quart/dp/… | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 8:54 | comment | added | Jim | @kdopen I don't know how I missed this but Shellac and I are great friends. I'm in CA too and this will really set me back. All the Zinssers are too heavy out of the can. Could you pls post the Amazon seller's link or what you learned on camping fuel? Thanks. Who thinks this stuff up? I know it just shows my ignorance but what is wrong with DA now? | |
| Oct 5, 2020 at 7:16 | comment | added | Graphus | Hehe, awesome. So that's you set for a while. It's perfectly kosher on StackExchange to self-Answer, in case you don't know. So it would be worth you posting an Answer, mentioning the camping fire fuel as a useful alternative to standard DA. By the way, I've seen similar stuff to that fuel on sale here and at the time it was significantly cheaper than our version of DA (what we call methylated spirits). How did the prices compare there? | |
| Oct 4, 2020 at 17:57 | comment | added | kdopen | Better yet ... I kept digging around on Amazon and found a seller who hadn't set the "can't ship to California" flag on their item :) quickly grabbed two quarts | |
| Oct 4, 2020 at 5:35 | comment | added | Graphus | "looks like I can get camping fire fuel from REI which sounds like DNA" Aha! Love end runs around the regs like this :-) As for isopropyl alcohol, you hear conflicting stuff as you've already discovered, so while I think it's worth trying really only if there are no other alternatives available. It needs to be as close to 99% as you can get, because the lower percentage versions have water in them. | |
| Oct 4, 2020 at 1:23 | comment | added | kdopen | Not near a. border I"m afraid. Do you agree Isopropyl Alcohol is no good (amzon has 99%)? Also ... looks like I can get camping fire fuel from REI which sounds like DNA | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 19:07 | comment | added | Graphus | "Acetone is freely available, for example." Acetone, despite being a stronger solvent than the alcohols, doesn't dissolve shellac. So the way I see it is you have two choices, set yourself up as a company in some way so you can order chemical-grade ethanol, which you can use for both things you want to do. One alternative for making shellac from scratch, dissolve it in water — shellac will dissolve in water if the pH is high enough.... I'm presuming California will at least still allow you to buy the things necessary to make a strong alkaline solution!! | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 19:03 | comment | added | Graphus | "Nor can you buy Everclear at more than 60%." Damnit, trust California to prevent the sale of just what I was going to suggest. Can you have the higher-alcohol version of Everclear shipped? If not, you don't live near any of the borders to other states by any chance? It hardly seems worth the expense and hassle though unless you're right by a border, in which case I'm sure you'd have already considered it as an option. | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 17:32 | comment | added | kdopen | Actually looks like I can get isoprop on Amazon for $8/qt. But according to finewoodworking.com/forum/isopropyl-or-denatured-alcohol that's probably a waste of money | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 16:44 | comment | added | kdopen | :) But seriously - is there anything other than alcohol that works? Acetone is freely available, for example. | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 14:44 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | I expect it is illegal to distil vodka or other liquor ? | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 13:13 | comment | added | FreeMan | Prop 65: The People's Republik of California has determined that being alive will eventually cause your death. | |
| Oct 2, 2020 at 23:10 | history | asked | kdopen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |