Indian Head shellac article(technically dubious at best)

[guero_gordo]

This gave me a chuckle moment. This stuff was so widely used in its day, yet reviled in hindsight
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/history/cc-toolbox-indian-head-gasket-shellac/

 

[woodchucker]

ahhh, I remember using it myself. Dad had a bottle or can, don't remember which, I just remember the image, and I used what he had.
Later I would use the form a gasket stuff. I also remember a black gasket dressing compound... looked black, but then again looked brown.