[CAUT] lacquer

[Thomas Seay]

Never mind the lacquer, where did you get those dandy little bottles and tips?

Tom Seay
The University of Texas at Austin

>List,
>
>Not long ago there was a thread on lacquer. There was some 
>discussion about water white nitrocellulose but there was no mention 
>on where to obtain it. I looked around the area and no stores handle 
>water white nitrocellulose. This lead me to the web. Here is a link 
>with a basic description if you are interested:
>
>http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Water_white_lacquers.html
>
>I'm not an expert on web searches so it was impossible for me to 
>find any distributors of this product in the east. I did find the 
>product and a distributor in CA. The product is from US Cellulose 
>and the distributor is Liberon Supply. Here is a page from their 
>site:
>
>http://www.liberonsupply.com/USCBase.html
>
>Unfortunately one cannot buy anything smaller than a gallon. The 
>price is reasonable for the gallon but with the shipping and HASMAT 
>fee it costs $47.63. Well what the heck, I bought one!
>
>The gallon arrived yesterday so I have not had a chance to try some 
>hammer hardening with it. The solids are 24% by weight and it is 
>fairly clear. Mixed with thinner it looks very clear. Eric Schandall 
>was here for a visit last week (another story) and he gave me a bit 
>of the Steinway mix that is unavailable to us. Attached is a pic of 
>four bottles with different hardeners. From the left, the first is 
>standard nitrocellulose lacquer from most hardware stores, next is 
>the Steinway mix(3:1), US Cellulose mix (5:1) and finally the 
>acetone mix from the Pianotek pellets. If the reproduction on your 
>screen is accurate, the US Cellulose is the most clear of the four.
>
>The information from the woodweb site says that water white will 
>yellow with time. Of course that is on wood applications. It will be 
>interesting to see how the hammers will look in time. How much time 
>is anyone's guess.
>
>Don McKechnie
>Ithaca College
>
>
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