SEEDLAC
GOLDEN
DOUBLE WASH
SINGLE WASH
About
The Sticklac as harvested by the farmers from the host trees, is further Crushed into Suitable sizes in granular forms and further Washed thoroughly in specially designed Washing barrels using an Alkaline solution.
This washing process separates out the impurities, colouring material as present in the Crude Sticklac and gives Seedlac resin in granular form which is further dried and winnowed to remove fine dust particles before it is finally sieved as per the commercial sizes.
Seedlac comes in various Commercial Grades depending on the host tree of the Sticklac and is marketed using Various names and Specifications as mentioned below.
Application
- preparation of Varnish for polishing of Wooden furniture
- preparation of various specially formulated protective coatings
- preparation of other Lac resin based derivatives namely Lac Button, Shellac Flakes, Bleach Shellac Powder, Aleuritic Acid
Packaging
- In Double bags having Export Standard Packaging material (Inner – White Cotton Bag, Outer Gunny bag)
- each bag having 50kgs or 75 kgs Net. Wt.
Storage
- Store in a cool and dry place
- Store in a well aerated rooms or containers using natural or mechanical aeration and ventilation to avoid risk of formation of lump
- could be stored on floorpreferably 1ft (30cm) height andraked from time to time to avoidlump formation
- could also maybe stored in gunny bags
SPECIFICATIONS
GOLDEN KUSMI | KUSMI NO. 1 | KUSMI NO. 2 | GOLDEN BYSAKHI | MANBHUM FINE BYSAKHI | FINE BYSAKHI | GENUINE BYSAKHI | |
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Matter Insoluble in Hot Alcohol (%) - BASIC LIMIT | <=2.0 | <=3.0 | <=3.0 | <=2.0 | <=3.0 | <=3.0 | <=5.0 |
Matter Insoluble in Hot Alcohol (%) - RELAXED LIMIT | <=3.0 | <=4.0 | <=4.0 | <=3.0 | <=4.0 | <=5.0 | <=7.0 |
Flow rate (mm) | > 40.0 | > 40.0 | > 40.0 | > 40.0 | > 40.0 | > 40.0 | > 40.0 |
Life (Heat Polymerization) (minutes) | > 25.0 | > 25.0 | > 25.0 | > 25.0 | > 25.0 | > 25.0 | > 25.0 |
Moisture (%) | <=2.5 | <=2.5 | <=2.5 | <=2.5 | <=2.5 | <=2.5 | <=2.5 |
Colour Index | <=8.0 | 8.0 - 10.0 | 10.0 - 12.0 | <=8.0 | 8.0 - 12.0 | 12.0 - 18.0 | 18.0 - 30.0 |
Bleach Index | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed |
Matter Soluble in Water (%) | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 |
Ash | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed | As agreed |
Wax (%) | <5.5 | <5.5 | <5.5 | <5.5 | <5.5 | <5.5 | <5.5 |