WD40_enjoyer
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Weird orange chemical found in an old workshop
I found a weird chemical in a family relatives workshop and I can't figure out what it is. It is some weird
and kind of flexy in texture orange chemical.
It comes from an old paint dealership in sweden that no longer exists so I can't ask them what it is. The chemical is in a brown paper bag and is
suspected to be atleast from the 1990s. Please help me identify it!
 
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Fulmen
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If it's soluble in alcohol it could be shellac.
We're not banging rocks together here. We know how to put a man back together.
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Looks like blonde or amber shellac flakes.
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I third shellac, it famously comes in flakes.
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I am not currently in my lab or close to it so I have no way of knowing exactly what it is for the moment but thanks for the replies and answers. Is
there anything interesting with shellac I could do? For example anything pyrotechnic?
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Theres a bottle of it sitting out in the shed here. It only takes fire with difficulty after melting, smells plasticey. It's used (or at least was
used) as a binder in pyrotechnics.
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Looks the same. Is it worth for me to ask to keep it or should I just let it be there?
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Shellac is ancient (derived from an insect) but still common and you should find it in most hardware stores. I'd let it be, unless you want a little
to experiment with making your own matchheads etc. It's a good bunder for chlorate.
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WD40_enjoyer
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In that case I might aswell keep it since the people in charge of the garage didn't even know it was there or what it was and they said that they
wouldn't mind if I took it. It maybe comes inhand someday.
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Maybe of interest.
https://youtu.be/iEkKwOWZS_E?feature=shared
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