Shellac dewaxed orange

Bleached shellac CertiSeal dewaxed orange shellac E904 lac Mantrolac R-49-, orange shellac refined bleached shellac regular bleached shellac Swanlac. 

The PhEur 2005 defines four types of shellac depending on the nature of the treatment of the crude shellac (seed lac) wax-containing shellac bleached shellac dewaxed shellac and bleached dewaxed shellac. The USPNF 23 similarly defines four types of shellac orange shellac dewaxed orange shellac regular bleached (white) shellac and refined bleached shellac. The JP 2001 defines two types purified shellac and white shellac (bleached). 

Various different grades of modified or refined shellac are available, which may be broadly defined as either bleached or orange shellac. Orange shellac is essentially the crude shellac obtained from seed lac, as described above. It may retain most of its wax or be dewaxed, and may contain less of the natural color than was originally present. The quantities of wax, coloring material, and other impurities present may vary the... 

Derivation A natural resin secreted by the insect Laccifer lacca (Coccus lacca) and deposited on the twigs of trees in India. After collection, washing, and purification by melting and filtering, it is formed into thin sheets, that are later fragmented into flakes of orange shellac. This may be dewaxed and bleached to a transparent product. Soluble in alcohol insoluble in water. 

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