An ingredient in many products including sealing wax & hair spray, it's derived from the secretions of the lac insect
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Shellac - Wikipedia  Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. ... Shellac functions as a tough natural primer, sanding sealant, tannin-blocker, ... From the time it replaced oil and wax finishes in the 19th century, shellac was one of ... Most pre-mixed commercial preparations come at a 3-lb. cut.
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Lac - Wikipedia  Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most ... The resulting product is known as seedlac. The prefix seed refers to its pellet shape. ... The word lac is derived from the Sanskrit word lksh' (), which represents the number ... In China the common host trees include.
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Q & A on Shellac - The Vegetarian Resource Group Blog  Nov 30, 2010 ... Shellac in its raw form, known as lac resin, along with lac wax and lac dye, ... may be found in a wide variety of products including furniture polish and ... paper coating; hairspray, shampoos, perfume, mascara and lipstick; printing inks ... no shellac, but they do contain gelatin (an animal-derived ingredient).
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The Origin & Many Uses of Shellac by R.J. Wakeman - The Antique ...  May 6, 2015 ... Shellac has also had many other uses over the years and is still ... of tiny insects needed to infest a tree in order to produce the lac resin. ... For a time the Pathe Freres Phonograph Company used ground slate as part of its record matrix. ..... hair sprays, polishes, sealants, laminated products, wax Crayons,...
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shellac | resin | Britannica.com  ... made from the secretions of the lac insect, a tiny scale insect, Laccifer lacca (see ... ingredient in many products, including abrasives, sealing wax, hair sprays,...
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raid insecticide - WN.COM advanced search  Results 1 - 23 ... Using RAID Liquid Ant Insecticide on some ants that showed up in our kitchen ... by Tex Avery circa 1956 Johnson's Wax; Raid House & Garden Bug Killer ... of a line of insecticides produced by S. C. Johnson, first launched in 1956. ... "Raid Kills Bugs Dead" slogan The product's advertising tagline, "Raid Kills...
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Vocabulary Discoveries from Transfer-Printed Advertising Ware  Database. English 19th century advertising product containers and other ware contain a wealth of vocabulary or word usage which I have never heard before. Often related to ... ointments, tooth paste, cold cream, shaving products, food pastes, hair pomade, etc. What ... the Latin, meaning to soften, or to enervate. F.T. Leak...
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jeopardy/22_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  IN THE SMITHSONIAN | From the late '60s there is a "blowout kit for the natural" from this hair care line by Johnson Products | Afro Sheen. right: Wrong: Triple...
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Organization of a bee colony  The bees develop from fertilized or unfertilized eggs laid by the queen at the bottom of the cells. ... All the larvae are fed during their first three days of life with "bee milk", or "royal ... If the flight is not successful, she makes another the next day. ... Each queen produces a queen substance, called a pheromone, by which many...
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Termite Lab Report by Ryan Bohler on Prezi  Got two pieces of white printer, one petri dish, and "Ink" pens in red, blue, and black. 2. ... mimic the ones that a termite from the colony we were using would produce. ... a pheromones and other termites from the colony follow the trail left by them. ... Termites primarily communicate by secreting chemicals called pheromones.
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History of Candle Making - Nature's Garden  well as in celebrations, holidays, and for home decors. ... These were made ... 3000 BC that the Egyptians formed a true candle that was made out of beeswax. ... countries of China and Japan, tapers were made with wax derived from insects ... animal-based tallow, beeswax burned pure and cleanly, without producing a...
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Fiber chart Flashcards | Quizlet  How is a textile made ... protein (comes from hair): main component of hair is protein ... corn husks ... rayon (first manufactured fiber 100 years ago) [cell walls are destroyed] .... heavy conductivity: ability transfer hear through fabric. keep me cool? allow ... does moth eat it? or silverfish? moth loves wool. crickets like cotton.
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Wax - National Candle Association  Over the centuries, candle waxes have been developed from a variety of fats, oils and waxy-like substances derived from animals, insects, plants and rocks. ... In China, beeswax was used for candles as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), ... All organic compounds when burned will emit some carbon (soot) due to...
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Beetles Archives - Page 261 of 706 - What's That Bug?  Mar 20, 2012 ... This appears to be an Oil Beetle, a species of Blister Beetle in the genus Meloe. ... of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that secrete an irritating substance, cantharidin, ... It was also a major ingredient in so-called love potions. .... We once had Carpet Beetles devour some papier mache masks we made from...
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Aerosol spray - Wikipedia  Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles. ... Pressurized by liquefied gas, which gave it propellant qualities, the small, portable ... By definition, aerosol sprays release their propellant during use. ... Troops From Insect Vectors". Agricultural Research MagazineVol. 53, No. 9 .
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Wax - National Candle Association  ... candle waxes have been developed from a variety of fats, oils and waxy-like ... A tallow candle, to be good, must be half Sheep's Tallow and half Cow's; that of ... Extracts from tree nuts were used to make candle wax in early Japan, while in ... waxy substance from petroleum during refining, became the standard candle...
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THE FOOD INSECTS NEWSLETTER - Russell Labs Site Hosting  Sep 21, 2012 ... Agrecol Corporation Exploring the U.S. Marketability of Insect Food Products. Agrecol ... professional, around the country a producer network already .... These caterpillars [scientific name(s) not given] appear about .... The larvae construct large silk ..... fillets stuffed with crocodile, and baked witchetty grubs.
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mealy bugs - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  a scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; ... So called because it's covered with a white powdery substance. ... They are considered pests as they feed on plant juices of greenhouse plants, ... having a soft body protected by a white, flourlike or cottony wax secretion (22 of 24 words, pronunciation).
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Common green bottle fly - Wikipedia  The common green bottle fly is a blow fly found in most areas of the world, and the most ... The insect favours species of the genus Ovis, domestic sheep in particular. This can lead to .... An alternate chemical method is a pyrethroid pour-on, which lasts 6 to 10 weeks depending on the type of pyrethroid used. Cryomazine...
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Sebaceous gland - Wikipedia  Sebaceous glands are microscopic exocrine glands in the skin that secrete an oily or waxy ... These are usually attributable to overactive sebaceous glands, which ... There are two types of sebaceous gland, those connected to hair follicles, ... In hot conditions, the secretions emulsify the sweat produced by the eccrine...
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Sebaceous gland - Wikipedia  Sebaceous glands are microscopic exocrine glands in the skin that secrete an oily or waxy ... There are two types of sebaceous gland, those connected to hair follicles, in pilosebaceous units ... Insertion of sebaceous glands into hair shaft ... These glands secrete an oily fluid that lubricates the nipple, and also secrete volatile...