Shellac vs. lacquer

[Susan Kline]

At 08:19 AM 7/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Susan:
>
>If you are comparing dry time for your own style of application (a few 
>drops on the crown), I haven't found that dry times vary that 
>much.  Lacquer/acetone will dry in 15 minutes.  Plastic/acetone maybe a 
>little faster.  It's only when you soak the hammer that the dry time 
>increases.  With lacquer I find that in 2 hours you have 80-90% of what 
>you are going to get.
>
>David Love

Certainly the short drying times (for small amounts) has been my experience 
as well. For crown voicing, which only uses a few drops, I don't feel that 
cure time is really an issue. Fresh shellac made up with alcohol nearly 
free of water dries very fast, anyway.

Susan