What happen to the Price of Shellac

[Thomas Hotchkin]

I went to my local hardware store to pick up a qt of Zinsser clear Shellac. The price was $16.95 a Quart. I pickup a quart two months ago for under $ 9.00. Did I miss something? I saw that lacquer thinner had a large price increase, DA alcohol is about the same price now it is was last year. Tom

[Steven Hsieh]

I went to my local hardware store to pick up a qt of Zinsser clear Shellac. The price was $16.95 a Quart. I pickup a quart two months ago for under $ 9.00. Did I miss something? I saw that lacquer thinner had a large price increase, DA alcohol is about the same price now it is was last year. Tom

China is buying a huge volume of shellac, that they ended buying up all of it. Even the
On the meantime, India is having drought, when they can't meet the demand.


We pay $22-25 a quart here in California, so stop complaining about the price.

[Howard Acheson]

For the past couple of years, the shellac harvest has been quite small. Supply and demand at work.

[Thomas Hotchkin]

Thanks for the up dates, I don't think shipping to California will be less $6.00 sorry can't help there. Tom

[Steven Hsieh]

It would make sense to buy in gallon since they coast around $38.

[Gary Max]

Heck BLO was over $30.00 a gallon yeaterday---- glad a gallon goes a long ways.

[glenn bradley]

We pay $22-25 a quart here in California, so stop complaining about the price.

Zinsser's Seal Coat did jump to $12.98/qt at Home Depot but I have not seen the $20+ figures. Although Lowe's, at $15.97 for the same exact product (1 block away from each other) is close.

[Steven Hsieh]

Zinsser's Seal Coat did jump to $12.98/qt at Home Depot but I have not seen the $20+ figures. Although Lowe's, at $15.97 for the same exact product (1 block away from each other) is close.

$18-20 is what Home Depot charges where I live.
If I buy it from a paint store in contractor price its around $13

[Jerome Hanby]

I noticed the same price difference between HD and Lowe's...

Zinsser's Seal Coat did jump to $12.98/qt at Home Depot but I have not seen the $20+ figures. Although Lowe's, at $15.97 for the same exact product (1 block away from each other) is close.

[Sam Hamory]

I demo at a lot of different Lowes and have discoverd that prices are not exactly the same from store to store.

[Trevor Howard]

I demo at a lot of different Lowes and have discovered that prices are not exactly the same from store to store.

I found this out with Sears several years ago, when I was pricing a Dewalt Miter saw. Basically they price the product to compete with competitors close by. I had 6 local Sears and the price of the Saw ranged from $580 to $630, I was told they had to compete with the local (closer) Lowes, Home Depot etc.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Don't say I didn't warn you.......

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...hlight=shellac

B*I*N just about doubled in price overnight back in March.
What's surprising is that it took so long for the other shellac products to catch up.

[Dave Lehnert]

I use to do some buying for a retailer. When prices shoot up it is not uncommon for a big difference between retailers at first. In this case I'm sure Lowe's just had to place a new order so you see the price increase first. Next order Home Depot puts in they will go up also.
Also some retailers lock in a price with a distributor for X amount of time. Our store was selling paint thinner for $4.99 gal when the big guys were $10 gal. But when our contract was up with the distributor. our price jumped too.

[Harold Burrell]

Does shellac keep well? Would it be good for someone to stock up?

[Jerome Hanby]

Flakes store well, indefinitely I think. Once mixed it has a fairly short shelf life. I think the Zinsser products have some additives that help with shelf life, but I don't think you want it more than a year old.

Does shellac keep well? Would it be good for someone to stock up?