Re: [CR]re: thread on shellac: anecdote

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:16:24 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
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Subject: Re: [CR]re: thread on shellac: anecdote
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Louis Schulman wrote:
> Actually, shellac is very easy to remove, because it will always
> redissolve in alcohol (methanol, ethanol, or others). It remains
> completely soluble, unlike almost any other polymer, which, once
> cured, may be near impossible to redissolve.
>
> Of course, if you don't have any alcohol available, you have a
> problem, because nothing else works.

Heh. Finding alcohol in Wisconsin is seldom a problem... :-)

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA