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  2. Shellac - Wikipedia

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    Shellac is an odour and stain blocker and so is often used as the base of "all-purpose" primers. Although its durability against abrasives and many common solvents is not very good, shellac provides an excellent barrier against water vapour penetration. Shellac-based primers are an effective sealant to control odours associated with fire damage ...

  3. Ann-Marie Campbell - Wikipedia

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    On April 1, 1985, [3] Campbell took a part-time job as a cashier at a Home Depot branch in North Miami Beach, Florida to help pay her way through college. [2] One day in 1989, [8] vice president Lynn Martineau came to the branch for a "store walk" with the employees, and when he asked a question, Campbell volunteered the answer.

  4. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...

  5. Natural rubber - Wikipedia

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    Polymers are simply chains of molecules that can be linked together. Rubber is one of the few naturally occurring polymers and prized for its high stretch ratio, resilience, and water-proof properties. Other examples of natural polymers include tortoise shell, amber, and animal horn. [46]

  6. Amber - Wikipedia

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    Amber is heterogeneous in composition, but consists of several resinous bodies [clarify] more or less soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform, associated with an insoluble bituminous substance. Amber is a macromolecule formed by free radical polymerization [22] of several precursors in the labdane family, for example, communic acid, communol ...

  7. Resinous glaze - Wikipedia

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    Resinous glaze is an alcohol-based solution of various types of food-grade shellac.The shellac is derived from the raw material sticklac, which is a resin scraped from the branches of trees left from when the small insect, Kerria lacca (also known as Laccifer lacca), creates a hard, waterproof cocoon. [1]

  8. Dominican amber - Wikipedia

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    There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: La Cordillera Septentrional, in the north, and Bayaguana and Sabana de la Mar, in the east.In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is formed of clastic rocks, washed down with sandstone fragments and other sediments that accumulated in a deltaic environment, even in water of some depth.

  9. The Home Depot Pro - Wikipedia

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    The Home Depot Pro, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a wholesale distributor and direct marketer of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products for ...