[Jewelry making - Article 00243] - Re: [Orchid] Best solvent for Shellack?

[richard hart]

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    I think the Term solvent has been misconstrued.  Sodium Hydroxide is
    not a solvent  for Shellac or other organics! Sodium Hydroxide is
    lye, in the movies it is the powder they throw on a dead body to make
    it disappear. It eats all organic matter. If you do repair,
    occasionally when you clean a diamond piece of jewelry, and do some
    welding, and dirt behind the stone turns black, sodium hydroxide is
    what you use to remove that organic matt er when the ultrasonic and 
    steamer won't do the trick.

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