. "llac with a vegetable oil, an animal oil or a wax or the like (for example, see patent reference 1). (2) Methods that avoid the use of organic solvents in the shellac solution by forming an aqueous solution using an alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide or ammonia are well known, and a method for obtaining an oil resistant coating from an aqueous shellac solution produced using ammonia w" . . . .