AURO-The-Natural-Choice-for-daily-Life-04.2019

extended to a thin layer. After drying, this layer breaks which produces the so-called leaf shellac. There is the dark red garnet shellac, the yellow lemon shellac and many more varieties. The one best suited for the paint and lacquer industry is the clear shellac. The excretions of 300.000 lac insects are needed to win one kilogram of shellac. At AURO, shellac is mostly used as an elastic binding agent for quick-drying lacquers and in cleaning, care and maintenance products. Shellac as a raw material consider- ably ameliorates the degree of gloss and the surface hard- ness of wooden floors and furniture. Moreover, the hard resin supports good film formation and is highly UV- resistant. Shellac is the sustainable and biodegradable alter- native to the ecologically harmful petrochemical paints that are often used for application on wood. ORIGIN: INDIA 39