Seedlac (Particles Lac)

Workers cut the small coated branches of the host trees and send them to places to be refined, either by hand or mechanically. As a product, the coated branches, called sticklac, are the source of the coating of resin and wax, which is removed by a sequence of crushing and sieving. The sieved material is then repeatedly washed to remove insect parts and other soluble material, resulting then in the product known as seedlac. In this case, the prefix "seed" refers to the seedlac pellets shape, which resembles seeds. Seedlac is the raw material for producing shellac flakes, bleached flakes, bleached & dewaxed shellac.