CHESTNUT HOLLOW · MERIT SHELLAC STICKS
Shellac sticks, poured the way they always were.
Merit shellac sticks — stick shellac — for filling, seating, and setting. Hand poured, every stick stamped with its number.
Full sticks, 5½ inches · the whole color catalog, poured to order
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One stick, four benches.
Band instrument repair
Stick shellac for seating pads — amber, clear, white, black. Heat releases it; alcohol cleans the cup.
Stick shellac →Furniture & finishing
Burn-in sticks for gouges, chips, and deep scratches in finished wood — nearly a hundred colors.
Burn-in sticks →Stone fabrication
Shellac filler sticks for chips and pits in granite, marble, and quartz. Clear tints with the slab's own dust.
Stone repair sticks →Jewelers & setters
Shellac sticks for stone setting, engraving, and dopping — a thermoplastic hold, released with heat or alcohol.
Page comingFROM THE HOLLOW · FEATURED
Penny a Stick: A Brief History of Burn-in Sticks
Nine decades, four names, one unbroken line — where burn-in sticks came from, from a penny a stick in 1897 to the recipe cards on our bench today.
Read the history →Every stick, photographed and searchable — sort by hue, tone, or number
A gross opens an account — tell us your colors
ON THE SHELF
Start here
Two colors and one set cover most of what walks into a shop. Every other color is on the Color Line, poured to order.
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NO. 14 AMBER · THE WORKHORSE
Merit No. 14 Amber — Burn-In Sticks
Ultra-translucent amber — the stick more benches reach for than any other.
From $71.70 USD
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NO. 102 CLEAR
Merit No. 102 Clear — Burn-In Sticks
Adds fill, not color. A solvent-free resin that re-melts the same way, every time.
From $71.70 USD
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THE WOOD TONES DOZEN
The Wood Tones Dozen — Full-Size Burn-In Stick Set
Twelve full-size sticks, eleven colors — the natural browns from parchment to coffee, in a kraft box.
$131.40 USD
On the bench
sticks, sets, and the chart — rotating gallery
Show us the repair
Fixed something with a Merit stick? Send a before and after — the gallery grows with your work, credited by name.
Submit a repair →FOR THE TRADE
Every color, by the gross.
One gross opens an account; mix colors in dozen increments.
Tell us which colors you go through and we'll send pricing: orders@shellac.net · 315-743-5522
WHAT THEY ARE
Solid resin sticks. No solvent, nothing to evaporate, nothing to spill. The color sticks are poured from formulas nearly a century old — mostly natural resins, shellac and rosin. They soften with heat and clean up with alcohol. Clear is a solvent-free resin that softens with heat and re-melts the same way, every time. Hand poured. Full sticks, 5½ inches, each stamped with its Merit number.
Also sold as stick shellac, pad cement, or shellac filler stick.
New colors come off the bench in small runs. The list hears first.
Stocked colors, new sets, and made-to-order runs — announced here before anywhere else.
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