Shellac is a resin.
Resin shellac is marketed in the form of amber flakes and is made from secretions of the lac insect. Resin shellac is a natural thermoplastic that is soft and flows under pressure when heated but rigid at room temperature. It is an ingredient in products such as abrasives and sealing wax.
The female lac bug excretes a resinous substance to create coccoons. This resin is what is used to create shellac.
Yes insects are used to make shellac nail varnish. Shellac comes from the female lac bug and is a type of resin.
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Shellac? It is a resin in the cocoon of the female lac beetle dissolved in alcohol
Emil Berliner
Varnish does not always include shellac. It's usually a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a thinner. Go to the wikipedia link below to read all about varnish.
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Bakelite is a thermoset polymer. (Phenol-Formaldehyde-Polymere, Oxybenzyle(methylene-glycole)anhydride). The synthetic plastic is patented in 1907 by Leo Hendrik Baekeland as a shellac substitute.
no there is not because shellac is created by a bug.