STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You'll often hear debate about which chemical finishing product is superior: polyurethane or lacquer. Certainly, each finish possesses its own advantages and disadvantages, ...
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Design recipes: The lure of lacquer

Once considered “over the top” and “showy," lacquer is making a comeback. The finish is now considered to be both modern and ...
Finishes that stand out beg to be looked at and to be touched. With a little time and patience a lustrous lacquer finish can beautify almost any woodwork. Lacquer is a good indoor finish because it ...
Making a red lacquer magnolia wreath for the holiday or even Valentine’s Day is simple. First, insert fresh magnolia leaves into a foam wreath shape. Then, spray the wreath with a red lacquer color; ...
A man in his 60s had wood lacquer sprayed in his face in an "exceptionally wicked and vicious" road rage attack. The victim was still suffering from ‘misty’ vision a year after the attack by Gualtiero ...
Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...
If the car is finally ready to spray, it should look like this, disassembled, bodyworked, primered, block-sanded. The first step is to blow all dust off the car and out of every crevice. Do this ...
Q: I have three engraved brass tables that require a lot of effort to polish, and then they tarnish after a few weeks. I have used a kit that restores brass and protects it, but it did not last long.
Lacquer is usually for precious, pricey stuff. Think handcrafted bowls and serving trays, religious artefacts in museum collections, and the facades of old shrines, temples and other architectural ...
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country. It requires ...