"Made in China"

[David Love]

I believe shellac is made from the hard outer cover (thus the "shell" in
"shellac") of insects, not the excretia.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 9/2/2003 6:07:17 PM
> Subject: RE: "Made in China"
>
> Hi, Mr.Green,
>      After the solvents fropm the stripper have
> evaporated, all that is left is the tree sap ( old
> style varnish ) and bug excretia ( shellac ) that was
> the original finish. Why put extra crap ( exhaust
> fumes ) into the environment by driving it 50 miles to
> the nearest hazardous waste site? 
>      Thump
>
> --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> > Behalf Of gordon stelter
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:38 PM
> > To: Pianotech
> > Subject: "Made in China"
> > 
> > 
> >   <SNIP>
> > 
> > I get big pieces of cardboard from behind furniture
> > stores to lay under stuff that I strip, then let the
> > solvent evaporate out of the resultant goop before
> > tossing in dumpster.
> > <SNIP>
> > 	Thump
> > 	
> > Hardly a conscientious disposal technique of
> > hazardous waste in my
> > opinion. The sludge should be double bagged and
> > brought to an
> > appropriate facility or saved for your community's
> > hazardous waste
> > disposal day.
> > 	 Shame on you Mr. Thump.
> > 	
> > Tom Driscoll AKA Mr. Green
> > 
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