![]() Either the ammonia isn't as effective on dried shellac, or there's not enough surface area exposed for the ammonia to get to the shellac, since the shellac is used to seal threaded or tight fitting parts. ![]() ![]() So I wonder if what the call shellac is not actually the stuff that everyone else does (comes from the Lax bug, dissolves in denatured alcohol). I keep hearing that pens are made with shellac holding parts together! How can that be? I also see that they use heat to remove those parts, rather than simply dissolving the shellac back in alcohol. Ammonia dissolves shellac, and is used for cleanup when pure alcohol is not practical because of a large area.īut. However, the reason I wanted it in the first place was to wash up shellac that splattered on the tile floor. I got the non-suds version thinking I would use it for the pens also, given the choice. I needed some ammonia cleaner, which they no longer carry in the stores or Home Depot, but I found some "old fashioned" stuff at Elliot's hardware next to the cast-iron frying pans.
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