<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hi, Paul, and Colleagues -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't think there is any practical shelf life limit for most lacquer products kept in sealed containers.  Their 'curing' depends on the evaporation of the solvents.  No evaporation, no curing.  But to be safe, please test a bit of it on a non-critical piece.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">~ Tom McNeil ~<BR>Vermont Piano Restorations<BR>VermontPiano.com<BR><BR>346 Camp Street<BR>Barre, VT 05641<BR>(802) 476-7072 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/22/2008 8:55:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi List,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Does laquer have a "shelf life"?  I know that shellac loses its ummph after some time, but don't know about laquer.  I have several cans of the stuff that Richard West left for me, but don't know how old they are.  They're at least 2 years old as I celebrated my 2nd anniversary here at UNL last week.   Time flies!!!  </FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul</FONT> <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get fantasy football with free live scoring. <A title="http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020" href="http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020" target="_blank">Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>