Dewaxed beige shellac flake. A light-warm mid-tone — a half-step of warmth past blonde, well short of amber. The grade for when neutral reads a touch cool and amber would be too much. Beige takes its warmth honestly. Color in dewaxed flake comes from the base seedlac and how much activated carbon is used to lighten it; the warmer grades carry a little more of the lac's natural tone rather than being pushed all the way pale. Decolorised with washing soda and activated carbon only — never chemically bleached. Dewaxed flake is shellac with its natural wax separated out, nothing added to take its place. It dries hard and clear, dissolves without the cloudiness waxy grades leave in solution, and sits cleanly under and over other finishes, polyurethane included. Beige is the quiet warm cast — a subtle lift on lighter woods, and the bridge between blonde and amber when neither is quite right. Sourced direct from a fifth-generation refining family in India who has supplied this bench since 1990. Pure, uncut, genuine.
