How To Make Liquid Shellac for Gluing Saxophone Pads

This video is about how to make liquid shellac to use for gluing saxophone pads, water key corks, the felts that go on the upper valve caps on brass instruments, and others things.
This is where you can get flake shellac:
ferreestoolsinc.com
1 pound bag of flake shellac #G61
You can get denatured alcohol from your local hardware store.
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[@alext9067]

Excellent video. I never thought to wait 24 hours on the shellac. I shall try it.

[@richardavila496]

I forgot to mention that i love these videos!!!! Thanks and please keep them coming!!!

[@lazaropfuentes4405]

I am going to use it to set my clarinet pads. Thanks

[@steviechikki6733]

Thank you, I am going to try this glue when re padding a late 19th century silver flute, the original pads were shellacked in.

[@twoowls5570]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it is really appreciated! Regards, Jimp

[@rodofiron5957]

Very helpful. Curious about the heat method, compared and contrasted. Perhaps with this method, there is an accompanying way to “set” all the pads at once, at a given height, and voila! all are perfectly, simultaneously at an even height? Whereas with the melting method (heat), one may get varying heights?
Reply appreciated!

[@javierquesada798]

teacher that's great thanks thanks health

[@Clyde_Lewis]

Thanks for the excellent video! I was wondering if I could accomplish this with stick shellac?

[@TheBrassandWoodwindShop]

Yes, you can break it into little pieces and it will dissolve a lot faster.

[@Matiastchicourel]

Thank you so much for your videos! Do you recomend this Liquid Shellac to clarinet padding? Greetings from Argentina!

[@TheBrassandWoodwindShop]

I am going to publish a video on that tomorrow.

[@israelsa899]

brilliant!

[@professorrafaelsoares5616]

Very well.

[@richardavila496]

Once i use this shellac to glue my pads, how long before i can play the instrument?? Do i need to wait at all once the pads are seated?

[@geralddombrowski7316]

can the liquid shellac be used again if put into a metal film canister and used later on like in two years or so

[@adiabadi5534]

How long it take for liquid Shellac to dry after we put on pad cup?

[@andradesax8941]

Can you recommend a store to purchase the shellac? in packaging yet to do?

[@tomswift6198]

Interesting. Why not just heat (and melt) solid stick shellac?

[@thatrandomguygaming324]

I think it’s a convenience thing for some people

[@jasonjayalap]

What would you use as a vegan alternative? Im trying to keep my instruments as animal free as possible.

[@TheBrassandWoodwindShop]

Shellac is made in India from insect secretion. I am not sure if the bugs are killed in the process, but I think that the bugs die in there own secretions. I am not sure if that would make it vegan or not.
If you want to use a different type of glue, you can use hot glue sticks like the kind that they use in the hot glue guns for crafting.
I hope this helps.
Art

[@chevyvan9568]

I once ate this thinking it was rock candy