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  • @HKGunPlay
    @HKGunPlay Месяц назад +60791

    Your candy been in dudes mouth 😂
    Wow it’s amazing how many of yal can’t seem to understand it’s a joke.

    • @patrick7247
      @patrick7247 Месяц назад +488

      People are so sheltered nowadays
      Edit:Literally saying what the third comment is saying.

    • @Faridqurota
      @Faridqurota Месяц назад +1795

      And foot

    • @WaffleSalad
      @WaffleSalad Месяц назад +136

      @@patrick7247?

    • @pinkbombshellcasing2672
      @pinkbombshellcasing2672 Месяц назад +1599

      Wait til you find out vegetables are grown in sh*t

    • @HKGunPlay
      @HKGunPlay Месяц назад +926

      @@pinkbombshellcasing2672 wait til you find out most the water that you drink has been someone’s urine before. Recycled through time. It was joke hence 😂

  • @charanteja_
    @charanteja_ Месяц назад +20283

    Guys, they don't know it is used on candys, it's just used for jewelery making in India.

    • @guyunknown6224
      @guyunknown6224 Месяц назад +755

      I was about to be like I’m pretty sure shalack is just used for fine working things in crafts and trades because it can safely hold something in place solidly without damaging it

    • @localandonlinepreciousmeta3575
      @localandonlinepreciousmeta3575 Месяц назад +250

      Only thing I knew before this video was it’s used with wood. Here in USA at least.

    • @LemGameplay
      @LemGameplay Месяц назад +75

      It is also used in medicine

    • @agungh1670
      @agungh1670 Месяц назад +37

      I use it for wood, politur, mix it with spiritus and colour powder

    • @achanwahn
      @achanwahn Месяц назад +61

      Omg, it's actually food safe. This is wild

  • @Kingxeyesore
    @Kingxeyesore Месяц назад +55

    My favorite part is that the video still doesn't really explain what shellac is, just what it is used for.

  • @jonathandorr2234
    @jonathandorr2234 Месяц назад +313

    I’ve worked for the film industry, for 15 yrs, and our scenic painters, use cases of this fine product.
    This is no joke. I’ve been using shellac, for, close to 60 yrs, having finished woodworking projects, in summer camp.
    I’ve been a wood worker , partially because of that experience. I , then worked for years re-finishing the surface coats, w/shellac.
    In Sotheast Asia, shellac comes in 4-5 stained colors, and is a waterproof sealant prior to urethane spray coating..

    • @tatacooky5198
      @tatacooky5198 Месяц назад +2

      Ohh woahh😮

    • @mrpuggerson
      @mrpuggerson Месяц назад +4

      There are cheaper and more efficient alternatives. But keep using crushed grinded up insects, ok

    • @colinbrown7947
      @colinbrown7947 Месяц назад +4

      The commas in your comment make it kind of hard to read

    • @threeriversforge1997
      @threeriversforge1997 Месяц назад +5

      Pine tar, turpentine and linseed oil, with a bit of shellac flakes.... makes a great wood treatment where you want that harder high-gloss look. The tar, turf, and linseed does the coloring and preserving, while the shellac gives you that hard shiny finish on top. Great combo, and loved by the nautical types for eons.

    • @jackforgach1637
      @jackforgach1637 Месяц назад +3

      I would add lamp black to it. Beautiful high gloss black finish. Always used shellac flakes and denatured alcohol.

  • @laughtersassassin2355
    @laughtersassassin2355 Месяц назад +2122

    In art class we used shellac to prime and seal paper before using oil paint, it gave such a beautiful golden sheen to every painting.

    • @elissitdesign
      @elissitdesign Месяц назад +8

      Yup same here! 👋🏼

    • @oisac3223
      @oisac3223 Месяц назад +13

      Yep shellac is used for painting in many applications

    • @varun009
      @varun009 Месяц назад +15

      The Amber sheen also provides a degree of uv protection to natural pigments. Finally, it's great for restorative work.

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 Месяц назад

      This brand of shellac is known for spreading herpes 😮😅

    • @pennycandyys
      @pennycandyys 5 дней назад +1

      You used it *before* using oil paint? 🤔

  • @Jvx_M
    @Jvx_M Месяц назад +7689

    me at the first 5 seconds : "oh wow, that's cool"
    after that : "nope."

    • @silentstormstudio4782
      @silentstormstudio4782 Месяц назад +40

      shellac is a raw material

    • @ders972
      @ders972 Месяц назад +97

      So jelly beans taste like feet and bad breath because these guys stretch the shellac with their mouth and bare feet.... Yum

    • @dickdickling9389
      @dickdickling9389 Месяц назад

      Ah yes cause in the process of manufacture they have no steps to clean the products they make the produce with.
      People truly like to dramatize things that impact absolutely nothing.
      Stupidity at it peak!

    • @Jvx_M
      @Jvx_M Месяц назад +73

      they have no steps to clean the product, but they steps on the product

    • @ders972
      @ders972 Месяц назад +6

      @@Jvx_M haha 😂 😆 😂

  • @thatoneperson69
    @thatoneperson69 26 дней назад +19

    It was also hardened and used to make old, non-vinyl records. It was discontinued due to Vinyl being more durable though.

    • @americanightmare
      @americanightmare 7 дней назад

      True. I use it restoring antique phonographs to play those records

  • @LLDJ321
    @LLDJ321 25 дней назад +8

    So that's where my Fruit Roll Ups came from🤔😂😂

  • @Russo-Delenda-Est
    @Russo-Delenda-Est Месяц назад +1803

    For everyone worrying, it's purified and refined and processed before it ends up in food. Complaining about the handling of it is like complaining that a miner handled your salt, or that a farmer touched the cane that was turned into your sugar. The final product is so removed from this step that it doesn't matter.

    • @lolpocalypse
      @lolpocalypse Месяц назад +85

      I think people are just concerned bc its from India, and they have laws preventing anything from being sanitary (kidding)

    • @ue2267
      @ue2267 Месяц назад

      Right? I can’t believe how many adults are so ignorant and blinded simply because they see a brown man handling it. Yet these people are more than happy to stuff their faces with disgusting junk food, eating at restaurants where you also can’t see how food is handled or the quality of the ingredients. They can’t even use common sense to realise that there is a whole process that needs to be done to create the final product.

    • @xcviij7045
      @xcviij7045 Месяц назад +23

      Miners nor farmers put their mouth or feet on the product, people being worried is justified. Don't downplay peoples expression of concerns! 🤦‍♂️

    • @Russo-Delenda-Est
      @Russo-Delenda-Est Месяц назад +42

      @xcviij7045 if you think farmers or miners never take a piss on or near their product, well, you're clearly not one. 😆 and that's a lot more gross than what you see here. And yet everybody is still fine.

    • @Puddlesoak
      @Puddlesoak Месяц назад

      ​@@xcviij7045 plants on farms grow in dirt and rotten compost and doodoo. Livestock is full of bacteria and viruses and more doodoo. Indian person mouth probably isn't that bad in comparison

  • @sirivennelasastry
    @sirivennelasastry Месяц назад +2372

    The number of lac bugs required to produce 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of shellac has variously been estimated between 50,000 and 300,000. The root word lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system for 100,000 and presumably refers to the huge numbers of insects that swarm on host trees, up to 150 per square inch (23/cm2).

    • @pamelawilkins
      @pamelawilkins Месяц назад +17

      Wow interesting

    • @ASMRyouVEGANyet
      @ASMRyouVEGANyet Месяц назад +35

      Awful. These are beings which feel pain

    • @lane4481
      @lane4481 Месяц назад +179

      @@ASMRyouVEGANyet the bugs or the Indians?

    • @creepyloner1979
      @creepyloner1979 Месяц назад +34

      @@ASMRyouVEGANyet no they're not, and shellac isn't made out of bugs.

    • @kibbs325
      @kibbs325 Месяц назад +66

      ​@@creepyloner1979well, to be fair, bugs are beings that feel pain, but they dont take any harm from the shellac harvesting process

  • @scottwransky8675
    @scottwransky8675 Месяц назад +5

    Great for priming any wood that has natural tannin bleeds before painting. If you have a biological stain use a white pigmented shellac. Also those bugs create a shell for their own biome on trees and there can be more than one million in a colony.

  • @ericthefish01
    @ericthefish01 Месяц назад +9

    78 rpm records were made from shellac.
    I was playing some old shellac records today as a matter of fact.
    On modern equipment they still sound pretty darn good, seeing as they are about a hundred years old now.

    • @user-ce8nr4mm2p
      @user-ce8nr4mm2p Месяц назад

      Liar

    • @ericthefish01
      @ericthefish01 25 дней назад

      @user-ce8nr4mm2p
      Which bit is a lie, McTrollface?

    • @averageforgeworlder
      @averageforgeworlder 22 дня назад +4

      ​@@user-ce8nr4mm2p music tech student here, there is one mounted to the wall of my class, I'm pretty sure my teacher wouldn't lie about the predecessor to the vinyl record, it was used before vinyl because vinyl hadn't been discovered yet, it's not commonly made because it's expensive and beetle bits are difficult to sort for impurities.

    • @TheEarthEternal
      @TheEarthEternal 19 дней назад

      @@user-ce8nr4mm2p he ain’t lying lmao

  • @LuckyLeftyxART
    @LuckyLeftyxART Месяц назад +1268

    "Bugs, teeth & toe residue is the formula for shellac in candy" is what i got from this video

    • @allthingsharbor
      @allthingsharbor Месяц назад +145

      And honestly, the bug part bothers me less than the teeth and toe residue.

    • @LuckyLeftyxART
      @LuckyLeftyxART Месяц назад +15

      @allthingsharbor i agree lol dont bugs have protein? Im not sure abt toe jam having protein

    • @candyluna2929
      @candyluna2929 Месяц назад

      Agree

    • @prodsludgemasterk
      @prodsludgemasterk Месяц назад +7

      Cry about it

    • @NozomiShinobuCrest
      @NozomiShinobuCrest Месяц назад +22

      Just wait until you see what's in your hot sauce

  • @ST0IC
    @ST0IC Месяц назад +1510

    The first few seconds: "How to get protection on" 💀

  • @frankmendez323
    @frankmendez323 Месяц назад +1

    Barefoot always, all the time.
    "hey I saw you at the funeral the other day "
    "oh yea, I was bare foot I remember "

  • @SomeGuyXD65
    @SomeGuyXD65 20 дней назад +3

    The USDA found a way to make it from vegetables and fruit during the 80s.
    Because we should never be dependent on other countries - especially one where a dude is walking on it barefoot and biting on it.

  • @SP-io7lj
    @SP-io7lj Месяц назад +1662

    To those who are confused about its use in food, it is called confectioner's glaze in food products, but it is also known as shellac! it is used in food products in a lot of countries, including the US! Please know that you have likely eaten it if you eat candy. Now that you know, look for it - confectioner's glaze.

    • @ZaeOSWS
      @ZaeOSWS Месяц назад +57

      I still don’t understand what it is or how the bugs play a vital role in its production, this short really failed my expectations, your comment has helped me more than the actual short which left me with more questions than answers

    • @2skulls415
      @2skulls415 Месяц назад

      @@ZaeOSWSthen I guess your lazy ass might need to use google….

    • @stpbasss3773
      @stpbasss3773 Месяц назад

      So my candy has been in some guys mouth, on his nasty feet and dirty ground?? Good to know 🤮

    • @moraxxxable
      @moraxxxable Месяц назад +10

      It's bug poop 😂

    • @michaelleiper
      @michaelleiper Месяц назад +7

      Don't you mean it's used in the US.
      It's avoided in a lot of countries because using shellac on fruit (like apples) stops the fruit being suitable for vegans.

  • @ljt3084
    @ljt3084 Месяц назад +815

    Even used in the aircraft industry.
    It's very durable, can be a substitute for chemical glues and has anti corrosion properties.

    • @nam070
      @nam070 Месяц назад +1

      😂

    • @jessep8281
      @jessep8281 Месяц назад

      @@nam070 probably indian 😂

    • @lucysandywagen8206
      @lucysandywagen8206 Месяц назад

      no, it is actually used in composites as well @@jessep8281

    • @Scufflegrit
      @Scufflegrit Месяц назад +2

      Just don’t get it wet

    • @DDKKAY
      @DDKKAY Месяц назад

      Maybe in spacecraft to the moon and Mars discoveries 😂

  • @derpman702
    @derpman702 10 дней назад +1

    There needs to be a "how it's actually made" video of this

  • @OfficialMeechMusic
    @OfficialMeechMusic День назад

    I’m actually doing a front end rebuild myself, this video gave me a push fr🔥🔥

  • @saltywalrus
    @saltywalrus Месяц назад +343

    I love how you vaguely say comes from bugs and don't explain what bugs it comes from or how the bugs are turned into it

    • @monsoavg9
      @monsoavg9 Месяц назад +5

      Full video has complete explanation

    • @DreamPhreak
      @DreamPhreak Месяц назад +36

      I did a quick google search to find out which bugs and it says its a resin secreted by the female lac bug. I've never heard of a lac bug before though. Also apparently the lac bug sucks on tree sap. Sounds somewhat similar to how bees get flower nectar and make honey. Google doesn't specify if just their secretions are harvested or if the whole bug is ground up into it, or both...

    • @kathyhorstman7909
      @kathyhorstman7909 Месяц назад

    • @kathyhorstman7909
      @kathyhorstman7909 Месяц назад +9

      ​@DreamPhreak just the secretions. They strain the bug bits out.

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 Месяц назад +4

      It’s a short.

  • @elizabethclaiborne6461
    @elizabethclaiborne6461 Месяц назад +356

    Shellac is renewable, non toxic, and if your furniture gets scratched you can add more. Alcohol redissolves what’s there so more becomes one coat with the original.
    Polyurethanes are plastic. Scratch easily, but you have to sand it all off and make more microplastics. It’s made from crude oil.
    Use shellac.

    • @PhillipH-san
      @PhillipH-san Месяц назад +2

      Meh, I'll pick whichever suits my needs best.

    • @samsonacc8081
      @samsonacc8081 Месяц назад +4

      Polyurethanes certainly do not scratch easy, they are one of the most durable surface finishes you could have as far as painting goes. And especially if mixed with hardener. Marks and scratches can easily be rubbed or polished out, deep scratches are physical damage and it is much easier to refinish poly panel than do all that stuff with alcohol you mentioned. And no you dont have to sand it all off to reapply, why would you, fix the damage rub it down and apply again. Actually, you can easily blend it in without recoating entire surface. One of the easiest paints/clear coats I have ever worked with and produces lovely finishes. Some folk respray their off road vehicles with 2k poly paints, indestructable and look great without clear coat.
      However, they are very bad for your health while in application stage, even worse when mixed with hardener, that goes for both solvent and water based polys. Better be using airfed mask if spraying, ordinary respirators even the highest grades aren't good enough, that goes for all 2k paints.
      Shellac, as you said is non toxic and renewable and those two attributes are a huge positives (worker and environment), but as far as durability goes there is no comparison between the two.

    • @48956l
      @48956l Месяц назад

      @@samsonacc8081wrong

    • @katherinem1924
      @katherinem1924 Месяц назад +5

      @@samsonacc8081ignorant. It looks good for 5 years then it starts to flake. I honestly can’t believe people still use it.

    • @onlinejokester
      @onlinejokester Месяц назад

      @@katherinem1924Shellac or poly?

  • @jackelewish1568
    @jackelewish1568 Месяц назад

    Music was also etched onto it before vinyl records. thats why in old cartoons throwing records would make them shatter unlike modern vinyl (plastic) records. I collect shellac records, its haunting to hear old forgotten music.

  • @aparadox7253
    @aparadox7253 Месяц назад

    Love nature. I was just thinking about honey & bees being so cool and helpful, im adding this to my list of cool bug things

  • @JamesBurris340
    @JamesBurris340 Месяц назад +323

    "Laccifer lacca
    Shellac is scraped from the bark of the trees where the female lac bug, Kerria lacca (order Hemiptera, family Kerriidae, also known as Laccifer lacca), secretes it to form a tunnel-like tube as it traverses the branches of the tree"
    A quick Google search, and that is the name of the bug...

    • @the_witch-messiah
      @the_witch-messiah Месяц назад +2

      I seearv

    • @AndyDrake-FOOKYT
      @AndyDrake-FOOKYT Месяц назад +1

      Yeah...I was sad that they didn't show us the bugs or harvesting process.

    • @Orynae
      @Orynae Месяц назад +2

      ....So we're not eating bugs, like everyone in the comments is so eager to say? It's just bug secretions

    • @13gan
      @13gan 5 дней назад

      ​@@OrynaeYes. Shellac is basically like beeswax. The bugs use it to build their nest.

  • @multatuli1
    @multatuli1 Месяц назад +273

    The ancient rubber protection lol

    • @tmar8959
      @tmar8959 Месяц назад +17

      That's what I thought too initially 😂

    • @coffeeprincess1492
      @coffeeprincess1492 Месяц назад +8

      Me toooo...great minds think alike 😂😂😂

    • @skitsschist11
      @skitsschist11 Месяц назад +3

      No, that would be a pig's intestine

    • @tmar8959
      @tmar8959 Месяц назад +1

      @@skitsschist11 fr?? Some clandestine avec intestine type $#!+

    • @h2oblood922
      @h2oblood922 Месяц назад +1

      With dudes bite print on it. Straight as F

  • @NotGarbageLoops
    @NotGarbageLoops 15 дней назад

    The quality of the cleanliness 👌

  • @annabarrett50
    @annabarrett50 Месяц назад

    That woman at the end... IdK why, but I find her so beautiful.
    Half a world away, & she's still fighting the good fight!! 💛 💛 💛

  • @joesights4244
    @joesights4244 Месяц назад +415

    "And you probably eaten it before"
    "Oh God"

  • @user-ch8dp7bo4o
    @user-ch8dp7bo4o Месяц назад +215

    Shelllack thinned using mentholated spirits becomes a type of natural primer. We use it in the plaster trade to make plaster less absorbant. You need to put a few thin layers on plaster bases to prime them for running removable molds on top, and you also have to use it as a primer before gilding plaster pieces with gold leaf. It’s very useful for plasterers.

    • @TheCrankyWanker
      @TheCrankyWanker Месяц назад +1

      Also use it to treat the surfaces of reverse moulds for cornice mouldings, bloody amazing stuff.

    • @CastingShadow
      @CastingShadow Месяц назад +3

      I still can not wrap my head around the idea that what I use on plaster surfaces to harden the model, and is dissolved in ethanol, needs to be in a sh*tty cocoa powder. It has no benefits for human consumption however I try to find anything about it. I like it on my sculptures tho, but nowhere near my food.

    • @TheCrankyWanker
      @TheCrankyWanker Месяц назад +1

      @@CastingShadow It's amazing for sealing and finishing but I agree I would rather not ingest shellac, mostly due to hygiene in the production process.

    • @CastingShadow
      @CastingShadow Месяц назад +1

      @@TheCrankyWanker yeah I pass on clogging my veins, but before that, entomophobia does it's trick enough making me not to buy anything like that... and I pray they didn't stir in a few cockroaches in my batch of food at the factory.

    • @TheCrankyWanker
      @TheCrankyWanker Месяц назад

      @@CastingShadow It's unfortunate that in one way or another most people ingest some small amount of insects, there is only one diet that negates this and its the carnivore diet.

  • @JahBreed
    @JahBreed 28 дней назад

    Blew my mind when I found this out at Tech school. I'd use buckets of it a day. All of it came from beetles. Unreal.

  • @lilygail5569
    @lilygail5569 Месяц назад +2

    NAH I'M LITERALLY EATING JELLY BEANS WHILE WATCHING THIS

  • @hartyu5
    @hartyu5 Месяц назад +838

    “Chill and relax you’re eating Shellacs” is actually way better then saying “Ease in you’re eating bugs secretion” 😂
    800+ Likes Thnx everyone

    • @aaronthornberry8492
      @aaronthornberry8492 Месяц назад +18

      I have less of a problem with the bugs than all the naked toes I can see lol

    • @aswehdebrej
      @aswehdebrej Месяц назад +14

      or "you're tasting someone's mouth and feet flavour"

    • @marengoczar5035
      @marengoczar5035 Месяц назад +3

      Bug poop

    • @SuperlativeCatalyst
      @SuperlativeCatalyst Месяц назад +6

      Actually its Bug secretions...and its sticky 😂😂😂
      Want a Jelly Bean? 😏

    • @holymessengerofbibble3363
      @holymessengerofbibble3363 Месяц назад +8

      When it's in food, it's typically called confectioner's glaze (presumably to make it sound less gross). This has been one of my less regular fun facts over the years since it's something people would generally rather be ignorant of.

  • @ythaenagor
    @ythaenagor Месяц назад +28

    Before vinyl, records were made out of shellac! I have some, they feel almost like glass

    • @SansBinky
      @SansBinky Месяц назад +3

      Less prone to warpage like the plastic records.

    • @beepositiveforever971
      @beepositiveforever971 Месяц назад

      Wow, didn't know that.. I'll have to bring out my antique record collection!

  • @darkdull5916
    @darkdull5916 Месяц назад

    "Im pretty sure ive never eaten that"
    "It adds shine to jelly beans"
    Me, currently eating jelly beans: i take that back

  • @BobBob-qg4lo
    @BobBob-qg4lo 28 дней назад

    Back in the early days of vinyl records, they were actually made of shellac, it was only as plastic manufacturing got cheaper and better that they started to be made of vinyl.

  • @lastchance8142
    @lastchance8142 Месяц назад +65

    My grandfather used this for all his woodwork. Shellac and Turpentine was all he seemed to need for chemicals.

    • @user-kl9ew8yc3o
      @user-kl9ew8yc3o Месяц назад

      My Mom did too...

    • @ruthannmarie7119
      @ruthannmarie7119 Месяц назад

      ​@@user-kl9ew8yc3oyup beautiful golden finish

    • @inkenhafner7187
      @inkenhafner7187 Месяц назад +1

      Shellac gives an awesome finish on wood

    • @catey62
      @catey62 Месяц назад +1

      Yes, they use not mineral turpentine, but pure gum turpentine. you can also mix pure gum turpentine with beeswax to make furniture polish as well. an old school woodworker showed me how to do it.

    • @swiftmatic
      @swiftmatic Месяц назад

      ​@catey62 Yeah. I remembered that from industrial arts class in school.
      Shellac was the first wood finish we used in that class.

  • @EbCeRe
    @EbCeRe Месяц назад +197

    As far as I understand, in Sweden it's used on knots in wood before painting the wood to stop the resin leaking through, the often white painting.

    • @gnarbeljo8980
      @gnarbeljo8980 Месяц назад +4

      It comes in everything from liquid form to solid hard rods and in all sorts of colors. It's used by gilders and furniture restorers to fine art varnish back in the day to modern day retro repairs of veneer.

    • @kaunas888
      @kaunas888 Месяц назад +1

      I have used it as a filler and glue in the gaps in a wooden floor.

  • @mayankshuklaiitdh8207
    @mayankshuklaiitdh8207 Месяц назад +1

    These are far better than modern candy 🍭 which are very harmful due to use of chemicals.

  • @AfroMan187
    @AfroMan187 26 дней назад

    "Babe, I'm ovulating this week."
    QUE BEGINNING OF VIDEO

  • @paulinef.3762
    @paulinef.3762 Месяц назад +537

    I use it almost every day in historical furniture restoration as a finish. It was widely used before they made modern finishes

    • @lizh1988
      @lizh1988 Месяц назад +6

      Yes. People get so squicked about it being in food but it doesn't seem to cause problems.
      I think nail lacquer used to have it, too.

    • @regis_c
      @regis_c Месяц назад +5

      I work at a hardware store and we sell all three - Shellac, lacquer, and polyurethane
      I believe nowadays, shellac is used as a wood sealer for the latter two

    • @kevinmencer3782
      @kevinmencer3782 Месяц назад +6

      I love shellac on wood furniture.

    • @johnwalker7592
      @johnwalker7592 Месяц назад +3

      The ol' French finish. Looks great. Until you put something damp or hot onto it. but unfortunately shallac has a limited function not really consistent with my everyday needs. nobody really knows how long modern finishes will actually really last. But considering we are still scraping and refinishing old stuff that has shellac. I think modern finishes are still going to be superior in 100+ years. Because we can just scrape and finish then too... But at least in the meantime you can put a cold waterbottle on the surface without ruining it.

    • @regis_c
      @regis_c Месяц назад +1

      @@johnwalker7592 I heard polyurethane is the best finish in terms of durability (besides 2-part epoxy). Lacquer, while less durable, has the added feature of being multi-surface

  • @incomplete628
    @incomplete628 Месяц назад +1199

    Vinyl(Phonograph) records were made from shellac. It is so hard that it can wear out steel needles, thats why old vinyl players had replacable needles.
    EDIT: Sorry i meant phonograph records (predecessor to vinyl records)

    • @creepyloner1979
      @creepyloner1979 Месяц назад +86

      vinyl records are made of vinyl, not shellac.

    • @birkner510
      @birkner510 Месяц назад +133

      Phonograph records were made from shellac. They were then replaced by vinyl records. But vinyl records were always made from vinyl (PVC).

    • @daltonsweeney2567
      @daltonsweeney2567 Месяц назад +16

      Old engines that use cork gaskets (pre 60s) also use shellac as rvt. The more heat cycles it goes through, the harder it gets. It kinda feels like gritty sugar paste when it comes out of the jar

    • @nekkoskrilla6750
      @nekkoskrilla6750 Месяц назад +7

      Now I understand why babies always have records in their mouths in old pictures.
      😂😂😂

    • @RazorRock3
      @RazorRock3 Месяц назад +6

      @@nekkoskrilla6750this makes a lot of sense to me… I came into taking over my step grandfather’s old record collection and he’s had tons of old phonograph record that seemed to be a different harder and heavier material than his newer ( still from the 70’s but newer than the others) records and now I know it’s because they’re shellac 👍🏽

  • @LotsOfThoughts
    @LotsOfThoughts 14 дней назад

    I used it on a few wood projects before and it was pretty cool

  • @markbraunstein58
    @markbraunstein58 Месяц назад +1184

    I'm a huge fan of shellac. It's a beautiful nontoxic wood finish that is durable but completely reversible

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh Месяц назад +49

      My uncle used to swear by it as a primer, and for sealing over knots in wood to stop the sap seeping through paint

    • @ultracurious
      @ultracurious Месяц назад +17

      I'm with you both, shellac can be the perfect solution for many things.

    • @nbco55
      @nbco55 Месяц назад +15

      It can also be used for describing drinking too much. Like I got shellaced or possibly getting your ass kicked, I got shellaced. It's a very useful thing :-)

    • @ultracurious
      @ultracurious Месяц назад +10

      ​@nbco55 I haven't heard that one before, but it will be part of my vocabulary now 😂

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh Месяц назад

      @@nbco55 if you're brutish, any adjective-d works- gazebo-ed, twatted, deckchaired, table legged...

  • @casparpolitman
    @casparpolitman Месяц назад +473

    Until the 1950s all musical records were made of shellac (78rpm)! I collect that kind of records and post them in my channel!

    • @Ianthe1
      @Ianthe1 Месяц назад +16

      Finally somebody said it

    • @bassman7772
      @bassman7772 Месяц назад +10

      That’s so cool i did not know that

    • @jeffpatterson8633
      @jeffpatterson8633 Месяц назад

      ​@@Ianthe1🤦‍♂️🙄

    • @hellkittyninja7237
      @hellkittyninja7237 Месяц назад +4

      YES!! I wrote my comment before seeing yours. I'm glad there's other people in here talking about it though. I wish they still made records out of this, it doesn't have to be only this but it should still be an option.

    • @demetrajohnson2245
      @demetrajohnson2245 Месяц назад

      Hey I'm in the process of moving right now but I may have some records for you. I inherited a collection. Keep my name and hit me up in a couple months after I unpack and locate everything...if you're interested

  • @CastleLager-lf5eu
    @CastleLager-lf5eu Месяц назад

    Its an ancient substance that's even been recorded in the Mahabharata - thousands of years ago. Use in food industry is new, but that's nothing compared to cocktail of chemicals you eat in processed foods.

  • @Mitali1313
    @Mitali1313 Месяц назад

    Relax guys in india its used in jewelry and commonly called as lak in Rajasthan

  • @DavidBrown-zp5br
    @DavidBrown-zp5br Месяц назад +120

    They used to press records on shellac. During WW2 vinyl was restricted for military use (making tents, clothing, medical supplies for the troops etc) so record companies needed an alternative. Shellac records are interesting because they’re harder to break than standard vinyl records. If I remember correctly, record pressing plants would use a styrofoam center piece to server as the “base” of the record that would then be coated in shellac and then pressed into a proper disc.

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 Месяц назад +2

      My parents had a few glass records when we were kids. They may have been sold when we moved.

    • @rainerbehrendt9330
      @rainerbehrendt9330 Месяц назад +3

      @@arfriedman4577 I have a few at Home. Got it from my Grandparents. Beware, you need special pickup needles and a Player with 78rpm. Also the Equalization is different than the RIAA Norm.

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 Месяц назад

      @@rainerbehrendt9330 we played them a few times as kids. They sounded fine. We put the speed it said. Haven't seen the records since.

    • @rainerbehrendt9330
      @rainerbehrendt9330 Месяц назад +8

      @@arfriedman4577 Same here. Old Songs from the 50ths. My Grandpa and my Father owned each a so called Musiktruhe. In our Time it would be called Mediacenter. It included a Black&White Tube TV, a FM/AM/LW Tube Radio and a Turntable all in ine piece of Furniture with Sliding Doors to hide all Electronics. Oh my, i feel very old.....

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 Месяц назад +2

      @@rainerbehrendt9330 my parents also had a furniture that had am/fm radio, turntable, space for TV, spaces for knick knack closed by doors and sliding doors.

  • @dannydonnelly8345
    @dannydonnelly8345 Месяц назад +367

    as an 18-year-old I worked at shraffs Candy in Charlestown Massachusetts. I worked on the 5th floor, as a porter in the jelly Bean department. You would be shocked at the work that goes into making jelly beans. It also be very surprised at the amount of equipment that is used. One of the processes was putting shellac on the jelly beans. It literally smells like the same shellac that they use on wood. The difference is one is edible the other is poisonous.

    • @viviennehayes2856
      @viviennehayes2856 Месяц назад +8

      These days I am shocked at people eating sugar!

    • @sayitaintso7544
      @sayitaintso7544 Месяц назад +8

      So now I cant eat jelly beans? Amber goop aka candied bugs

    • @boundariessetinstone5893
      @boundariessetinstone5893 Месяц назад +7

      I doubt even one is edible

    • @PatienceLove
      @PatienceLove Месяц назад +1

      It’s literally the same shellac!

    • @glass1258
      @glass1258 Месяц назад +1

      I love seeing that sign when I’m on the highway 😊

  • @Saturns48
    @Saturns48 Месяц назад

    That was a very delicate explanation of what shellac is made from😂

  • @Vidar93
    @Vidar93 Месяц назад +169

    I make my own wood finish with raw Shellac flakes. It creates such a unique beautiful finish depending on the wood. It looks much nicer on darker or more naturally colored woods. Look up "French Polished" furniture. Doing it properly takes forever but looks gorgeous when done...

    • @ruthannmarie7119
      @ruthannmarie7119 Месяц назад +1

      Absolutely

    • @zackworrell535
      @zackworrell535 Месяц назад +1

      That was a serious BBC

    • @brodiegriffin1711
      @brodiegriffin1711 Месяц назад +2

      I still use shellac from flakes for certain pieces . You can tell the difference compared to varnish , it pretty much just shines / polishes

    • @aggylyf
      @aggylyf Месяц назад +1

      I will pray to the coaster Gods on your behalf

    • @brodiegriffin1711
      @brodiegriffin1711 Месяц назад

      @@aggylyf coasters are laminated corkboard or cardboard . I use shellac on restorations / things that were made using shellac originally .

  • @jeffsaxton716
    @jeffsaxton716 Месяц назад +121

    I first used it in Jr. High wood shop. It's a great wood finish that polishes mirror bright, but a bit vulnerable to water. It's dissolved in methyl alcohol to liquify it for use.

    • @elizabethclaiborne6461
      @elizabethclaiborne6461 Месяц назад

      Ethyl alcohol. Methyl is toxic af, bugs in Everclear is stuff you want in your house.
      Why your mom had coasters.

    • @Arch3an
      @Arch3an Месяц назад

      So it probably wouldn't be good for a gun stock? I was thinking about using it on one I'm working on.

    • @TheTyrial86
      @TheTyrial86 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Arch3an
      No. Boiled linseed oil is good stocks and tool handles. Shellac has been used on Russian firearms, and it doesn't hold up well.

  • @razarine
    @razarine Месяц назад

    This is so cool!

  • @BOT_Finn
    @BOT_Finn Месяц назад

    Wow that’s crazy I used shellac on my last year of highschool custom black walnut coffee table and now seeing where it comes from is crazy

  • @kaunas888
    @kaunas888 Месяц назад +44

    I use it as a varnish on wood; when mixed with alcohol it evaporates and dries very quickly.

  • @The-Singularity-M87
    @The-Singularity-M87 Месяц назад +406

    I want to see the bugs😮

    • @Asianboy1
      @Asianboy1 Месяц назад +18

      The bugs produce resin to protect their eggs I think

    • @ah5721
      @ah5721 Месяц назад +19

      Same , show us the bugs!

    • @Bones-uu6zp
      @Bones-uu6zp Месяц назад +7

      you ARE SEEING the bugs.

    • @jameswedge4548
      @jameswedge4548 Месяц назад +13

      They're tiny, they infest trees and produce a kind of resin to make their nest. There's a longer version of this video where they show you.

    • @weeboo8015
      @weeboo8015 Месяц назад +2

      It roaches most likely

  • @davids4890
    @davids4890 Месяц назад

    Dudes walking around barefoot making your candy coating 😂

  • @thepandabirdz1848
    @thepandabirdz1848 25 дней назад +1

    Makes sense, it’s like 90% bugs over there

  • @J.DeLaPoer
    @J.DeLaPoer Месяц назад +110

    I use it to restore antique fountain pens (which is the period correct method of "gluing" parts together non-permanently c1890-1960). The only problem with shellac is that it cannot be stored forever; max shelf life is about 4 years and then it loses most of its properties. Also, it turns to liquid under high temperatures -- even sitting in direct, hot sun can start to liquefy it under the right conditions.

    • @canadio
      @canadio Месяц назад +3

      I finished a 2 story log staircase railing with shellac. It's held up for 25 years with daily use, still looks new. Mixed 50% shellac 50% methanol. 5 coats, 220 grit sand in between. Smells like peaches when brushing on. PPE is a must. OSHA does not approve.

    • @J.DeLaPoer
      @J.DeLaPoer Месяц назад +4

      Yeah it’s extremely durable once it’s applied, especially for a natural finish. Heat is the only issue. I can remember sitting in shellac’d church pews as a kid on extremely hot summer days and found they’d get a bit sticky to the touch.

    • @elizabethclaiborne6461
      @elizabethclaiborne6461 Месяц назад

      So you only mix a little bit. Paint goes bad. Urethane’s are made from crude oil, meaning they’re on a clock. The gas in your car goes rotten like old milk in three months. But - shellac won’t give you cancer.

    • @elizabethclaiborne6461
      @elizabethclaiborne6461 Месяц назад

      ⁠@@canadiomethyl? Why? Toxic af. It works great with ethyl, or as we call it, Everclear.

  • @martyclack8782
    @martyclack8782 Месяц назад +7

    Don’t worry you eat bugs everyday and just don’t know it. For eagle it been said that in a years time one person has eaten 34 bugs and 3 spiders due to the processing plant the bugs get in the machine and ground up. Al’s did you know that the food color red is made from a bug that eats on a certain cactus . The dry them and grind them and the color at grinding it turns red they even use it in red lipstick.

  • @Jordan-rb28
    @Jordan-rb28 17 дней назад

    How can you talk about shellac without even mentioning that it was an extremely popular wood/furniture finish for hundreds of years up until relatively recently?

  • @slime_katzu
    @slime_katzu Месяц назад

    shellac actually sounds like a commercial you'd hear in interdimensional cable.

  • @PintuMahakul
    @PintuMahakul Месяц назад +54

    Natural resin. We highly appreciate your effort and time.

  • @hardcore_x4757
    @hardcore_x4757 Месяц назад +37

    Why does it reminds me of advertisement for Plumbus from Rick & Morty😂

    • @micahrobbins8353
      @micahrobbins8353 Месяц назад +2

      I've always wanted to know how plumbuses were made

    • @S4NSE
      @S4NSE Месяц назад +1

      Because plumbuses is a parody of such documentaries

    • @connorjohnson4402
      @connorjohnson4402 Месяц назад

      So i guess youve never seen the show that used to be on TV all the time called How Its made? Its really what made this whole formot of short clips with descriptions of production into a thing.

  • @stiflingmystrife
    @stiflingmystrife Месяц назад

    shellac is one of the best noise rock bands

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 19 дней назад

    I find India the most interesting culture, and I love the food. I think I was a Hindu in my last life.

    • @gogadev
      @gogadev 19 дней назад

      It is interesting indeed.

  • @JettyBootChamp
    @JettyBootChamp Месяц назад +723

    You mean to tell me I've probably eaten candy coated in something that some random dude has put his mouth on and walked on?

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 Месяц назад +43

      Yes.

    • @10Wk3y84R
      @10Wk3y84R Месяц назад +166

      Worse, it was an Indian

    • @durpledorekapre3991
      @durpledorekapre3991 Месяц назад

      ​@@10Wk3y84Reven worse you are yourself. Remember that buddy

    • @katwahu
      @katwahu Месяц назад +97

      @@10Wk3y84Rand your mom loves it

    • @10Wk3y84R
      @10Wk3y84R Месяц назад +39

      @@katwahu 🚽

  • @-supportsystem-2403
    @-supportsystem-2403 Месяц назад +107

    Records also used to be made out of this

    • @ReinKayomi
      @ReinKayomi Месяц назад

      That too, learned that from Techmoan

    • @therealtony2009
      @therealtony2009 Месяц назад +2

      could i eat a 78?

    • @wenchfisterx
      @wenchfisterx Месяц назад

      It's made of vinyl

    • @LumaControl
      @LumaControl Месяц назад

      @@wenchfisterxindeed, but prior to using vinyl, record manufacturers used shellac :)

  • @Minnesota-mu3ln
    @Minnesota-mu3ln 8 дней назад

    Tbh India is underrated ik they are unsanitary but they haven’t lost all of their culture yet

  • @theonejokeking3191
    @theonejokeking3191 28 дней назад

    I got in trouble working at Starbucks because some of their flavoring is made from crushed bugs, so I obviously informed customers ordering those items because you can’t mess with dietary restrictions/needs/preferences like that. Vegans would come in ordering drinks made from animal products and byproducts and were not being properly informed. Chipotle does the same thing with their beans which are often made with pork and they do not tell you.

  • @4m4n40
    @4m4n40 Месяц назад +256

    Does it function as a condom too? Based off the first clip

    • @cs2_enjoyer808
      @cs2_enjoyer808 Месяц назад +40

      I thought it was lmao knew it wasn’t just me

    • @CallmeRexy
      @CallmeRexy Месяц назад

      It's resin so you could try it out but it will be there permanently until the day you die

    • @buttonsf3293
      @buttonsf3293 Месяц назад +24

      I'm glad I wasn't the only one seeing that!

    • @raywhatsthisfor1283
      @raywhatsthisfor1283 Месяц назад +10

      😂😂😂😂

    • @johnnyk.2911
      @johnnyk.2911 Месяц назад +16

      Yes, but after it hardens you'll have to use a torch to heat it back up and get it off...get it, "get it off?" I'll show myself out now.

  • @jonodragicevich1286
    @jonodragicevich1286 Месяц назад +19

    Also good for helping gaskets seal! Shellak on a head gasket will seal bad surfaces 🤙🏼

  • @user-zi8jg7ki7j
    @user-zi8jg7ki7j Месяц назад

    Keep slaying the game!

  • @Pulpzero420
    @Pulpzero420 Месяц назад

    I love my shellac coated around my chocolate almond so it adds a synthetic coat that feels satisfying to scrape off the chocolate surface.

  • @liamrangareji2085
    @liamrangareji2085 Месяц назад +110

    I lived in india for 13 years and if u go to the right places there u will find it very beautiful.

    • @jennyjen7000
      @jennyjen7000 Месяц назад +4

      Are you from India?

    • @bryanttspross1456
      @bryanttspross1456 Месяц назад +3

      Sure it's a lovely place with nice people but I'm going to import my own food

    • @illidasa2902
      @illidasa2902 Месяц назад +2

      I see a lot of beautiful images! I hope you're having fun there!

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi Месяц назад +8

      13 years old indian be like😂

    • @Lena-de2ws
      @Lena-de2ws Месяц назад +8

      One of the most unhygienic places in world loll

  • @superduder
    @superduder Месяц назад +198

    Every piece guaranteed to be masticated and walked on for our enjoyment.

    • @scr3amslic3r62
      @scr3amslic3r62 Месяц назад

      kekg 😂

    • @deezeemb
      @deezeemb Месяц назад +5

      The added poop is for improving our immunity.

    • @what6336
      @what6336 Месяц назад +2

      Added aroma.

    • @muhammadsaqib7813
      @muhammadsaqib7813 Месяц назад

      These feet must've been in some sort of cow dung or animal poop

    • @sakura2646
      @sakura2646 Месяц назад +1

      Well if you go that route, then honey would be described as the vomit of bees

  • @meegana.lairmylair7461
    @meegana.lairmylair7461 Месяц назад

    even sealed with a fine mesh, tiny orange bugs infesting the wood, not bed bugs, infested it. Ikea graciously replaced them, but shellac is used for the frames. I'm guessing it happens bc of the shell-ac not getting all the bugs out. {smirk}

  • @cristianpuerta2820
    @cristianpuerta2820 Месяц назад

    My mans was standing on my candy😭

  • @Livelaughlimpbizkit
    @Livelaughlimpbizkit Месяц назад +15

    I have a guitar that had a shellac finish that was applied in a French polish. Was incredible looking

  • @michaelalvarez3890
    @michaelalvarez3890 Месяц назад +110

    India BACK AT IT AGAIN!!!!!

    • @Cheeki_breeki6
      @Cheeki_breeki6 Месяц назад +27

      Poo on everything

    • @Bear1097
      @Bear1097 Месяц назад +10

      I’m surprised wisespade hasn’t covered this one yet 😂

    • @SusphkeT
      @SusphkeT Месяц назад +22

      Staying on the ignorant side of people and stereotyping is the new meta for you guys isnt it

    • @slackadab7095
      @slackadab7095 Месяц назад +23

      ​@@SusphkeT India having poor and unhealthy food prep methods is not a stereotype, it's based on factual observations and footage. Just like scamming, Indian scam call centers are a huge problem in India and its taking American youtuber hackers to counter them because their own government doesn't care. Being that it makes them money.

    • @apurvspeaks8976
      @apurvspeaks8976 Месяц назад +4

      Btw that's not food, that's raisin for furniture so what's the problem

  • @Alltheworldsillz
    @Alltheworldsillz Месяц назад

    I remember when OPI has Shellac nail polish

  • @YADAVBoy_456
    @YADAVBoy_456 Месяц назад +1

    Indian peoples like here
    👇👍🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @B-L-A-C-K-L-I-S-T-E-D
    @B-L-A-C-K-L-I-S-T-E-D Месяц назад +6

    Examples of candies containing shellac include candy corn, Hershey's Whoppers and Milk Duds, Nestlé's Raisinets and Goobers, Tootsie Roll Industries's Junior Mints and Sugar Babies, Jelly Belly's jelly beans and Mint Cremes, Russell Stover's jelly beans, and several candies by Godiva Chocolatier and Gertrude Hawk. Plus capsule for pills, everyone eats it lol, its used worldwide

  • @KrintalSrim
    @KrintalSrim Месяц назад +4

    My favorite is when they don’t explain what shellac is

  • @Pluuton
    @Pluuton Месяц назад

    This is used in watches also, in the movement in mechanical watches

  • @maxlosch3164
    @maxlosch3164 Месяц назад

    Wax-free shellac is my favorite seal coat.

  • @marchess923
    @marchess923 Месяц назад +120

    I'm impressed with the fact that it's applied to our food after it's been meticulously handled with the utmost care using the most up-to-date scientifically proven methods of microbe-free sanitation.

    • @krisdiane
      @krisdiane Месяц назад +24

      😂😂😂 I have known that shellac was used in food for quite some time, but watching someone stretch it between their teeth and their toes was a little... 🤢

    • @tirthanandi9623
      @tirthanandi9623 Месяц назад +8

      learn to eat some bugs n microbes. You will be much better off and stronger

    • @leastbased
      @leastbased Месяц назад +15

      @@krisdianetons of wine is made by ppl stomping the grapes with their feet but i guess you got an issue with the skin tone here eh?

    • @nicholasbarraza8686
      @nicholasbarraza8686 Месяц назад +8

      @@leastbased yes yes it it’s the tone of skin thank you for understanding

    • @boobies5947
      @boobies5947 Месяц назад +13

      @@leastbasedstill gross either way dont being race into it

  • @boiltheoil7109
    @boiltheoil7109 Месяц назад +10

    “You’ve probably eaten this before” “shows a worker nibbling on it as he’s working with it in the next scene”

    • @endeeray4295
      @endeeray4295 Месяц назад +1

      Well not nibbling, using his teeth to help hold the sheet up.

  • @elaztec.aztecca
    @elaztec.aztecca Месяц назад

    “Boom, shellac lack boom” 🎶

  • @muramasasedge5443
    @muramasasedge5443 Месяц назад

    Ah, the plumbus. A staple housepiece of any home.

  • @kiritomato4506
    @kiritomato4506 Месяц назад +17

    The old 78ers for gramophones and stuff were also made out of shellac.

  • @murthyrao9180
    @murthyrao9180 Месяц назад +80

    It's used in pharmaceutical products also.

  • @AdamJWM
    @AdamJWM Месяц назад +4

    My daughters mom is from India. India is by far the most amazing place I’ve learned about.

  • @mattwalls7381
    @mattwalls7381 Месяц назад +1

    I legit thought someone was putting on a condom at the beginning 😂

  • @DemstarAus
    @DemstarAus Месяц назад +4

    Shellac appears in ingredients as E904 AKA confectioners glaze.

  • @ChrisSmith-wf8qd
    @ChrisSmith-wf8qd Месяц назад +52

    Dude lives in my head rent free now.. "What the fxks goin on here India.." 😂😂😂

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 Месяц назад +6

      😂SAME!😅

    • @suburbangardenpermaculture3117
      @suburbangardenpermaculture3117 Месяц назад +5

      "What are we makin? Is that a Bug Fruit Roll up? Goddammit India, how many times do we have to go over this?! Whatever you do, make sure every part of your foot goes into the recipe. No sanitation, open toes shoes and people living their best life"

    • @twilightskiesx
      @twilightskiesx Месяц назад +3

      @@suburbangardenpermaculture3117omg I heard his voice when I read this🤣

    • @hawkeye171
      @hawkeye171 Месяц назад

      ​@@twilightskiesxthe racism is staggering here if all this was said by white people to Africans no one would be laughing

  • @notforpurposes
    @notforpurposes 17 дней назад

    The way this clip started, I thought I was watching a wwhhhooollleeee other movie 😅😅😅

  • @bearflipstable8365
    @bearflipstable8365 Месяц назад

    It’s also used in ceramics. And it does straight up smell like dead bugs.

  • @peri_gee
    @peri_gee Месяц назад +8

    Ah, that's what my grandpa called all type of varnish, even the plastic & epoxy ones. He just called them all "shellac".

  • @Fallingwolf
    @Fallingwolf Месяц назад +22

    Me and my dad us shellac on guitars and it always baffles me when shellac related videos never mention it’s use in luthiery

    • @thegougy
      @thegougy Месяц назад +4

      thank you for a New word for me, "luthiery" learned today.