{"title":"Stick Shellac for Woodwind Pads — Amber, Clear, White, Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerit Shellac Sticks by Chestnut Hollow.\u003c\/strong\u003e Stick shellac for seating pads — the same product your supplier lists as pad cement or French cement. Melt a little onto the back of the pad, float it in the cup, and it holds until you decide otherwise: heat releases it cleanly and the cup wipes down with alcohol. Amber for tan leather, white for bladder and white leather, black for black pads, and clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso sold as stick shellac, pad cement, or shellac filler stick. Solid resin sticks — no solvent, nothing to evaporate, nothing to spill. Full sticks, 5½ inches, each stamped with its Merit number. A shellac stick is a hard fill that levels and takes finish; a wax fill stick is soft and does neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrade accounts: one gross opens an account, mixed colors by the dozen. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/merit\"\u003eThe Merit trade page\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@shellac.net\"\u003eorders@shellac.net\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"merit-no-14-amber-burn-in-sticks","title":"Merit No. 14 Amber — Burn-In Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMerit No. 14 Amber · ultra-translucent burn-in sticks · half dozen or dozen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 14 is the ultra-translucent amber — deep and warm on the stick, and light passes through the fill, which is what makes it the working choice for chips and edges where the grain has to keep showing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow it's sold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf Dozen (6 sticks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDozen (12 sticks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-size Merit sticks, hand poured from the original shellac-and-rosin formulas, each stick embossed with its color number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat a burn-in stick does\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA burn-in stick fills chips, gouges, and worn edges with hard resin that takes a finish like the wood around it. Melt a little off the stick with a heated knife, flow it into the damage, level it, and finish over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorking notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA burn-in repair only disappears when the color is right, and a translucent stick is forgiving there — the surface below does part of the matching. Expect a little surface character — pour marks, the odd bubble. They melt exactly the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorking across a range? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-wood-tones-dozen-full-size-stick-set\"\u003eWood Tones Dozen\u003c\/a\u003e covers the natural browns end to end.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merit Industries","offers":[{"title":"Half Dozen (6)","offer_id":53664642072869,"sku":"MRT-14-HDZ","price":71.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dozen (12)","offer_id":53664649675045,"sku":"MRT-14-DOZ","price":131.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/5136\/2853\/files\/merit-set-14-x6-2048x2048.png?v=1787628813"},{"product_id":"merit-no-102-clear-burn-in-sticks","title":"Merit No. 102 Clear — Burn-In Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMerit No. 102 Clear · clear burn-in sticks · half dozen or dozen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. 102 is the clear stick — it adds fill, not color. When the surface around a chip already reads right, a clear fill keeps it that way: the void disappears and the tone stays exactly where it was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it's sold\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf Dozen (6 sticks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDozen (12 sticks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull-size Merit sticks. hand poured from the original shellac-and-rosin formulas, each stick embossed with its color number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat a burn-in stick does\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA burn-in stick fills chips, gouges, and worn edges with hard resin that takes a finish like the wood around it. Melt a little off the stick with a heated knife, flow it into the damage, level it, and finish over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWorking notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA burn-in repair only disappears when the color is right, and clear is the stick for the repairs where it already is. Expect a little surface character — pour marks, the odd bubble. They melt exactly the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorking across a range? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-wood-tones-dozen-full-size-stick-set\"\u003eWood Tones Dozen\u003c\/a\u003e covers the natural browns end to end, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/merit-no-14-amber-burn-in-sticks\"\u003eNo. 14 Amber\u003c\/a\u003e is the translucent warm side of the pair.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merit Industries","offers":[{"title":"Half Dozen (6)","offer_id":53664930529573,"sku":"MRT-102-HDZ","price":71.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dozen (12)","offer_id":53664930562341,"sku":"MRT-102-DOZ","price":131.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/5136\/2853\/files\/merit-set-102-x6-2048x2048.png?v=1787631982"}],"url":"https:\/\/shellac.net\/collections\/stick-shellac.oembed","provider":"Shellac.net","version":"1.0","type":"link"}