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Freed from wood it is called " seedlac."
It is soluble in alkaline solutions such as ammonia, sodium borate , sodium carbonate, and sodium hydroxide, and also in various organic solvents.
When dissolved in acetone or alcohol, shellac yields a varnish of superior gloss and hardness. Orange shellac is bleached with sodium hypochlorite solution to form white shellac.
Shellac was also used in the production of gramophone records until ca. 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with. See gramophone recordHeaven and Hell by Black Sabbath is an example, showing the South Korean version of the 33 rpm record from 1980 or 1983. A gramophone record or phonograph record (often simply record is an analogue sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constan for details.