<DIV>I'm with you, Dale.<BR><BR><B><I>Erwinspiano@aol.com</I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <FONT size=3>   Lacquer heads </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>  Come on now get your nose out ta da microscope maan. This is not all that difficult & there are no magic lacquers it's jsut what's available to them. If you've found straight nitro cellulose lacquer then thin it and apply it until your familiar with the result. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>   I think Patrick said Wurdack. He's right. Its a high solids lacquer designed to be sprayed hot at about 150 degress & has a distinct odor. It takes many moons to really get hard ,just look at the the black finishes coming out of the plant where the buutons hit the rim.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT size=3> Out here in Calif We have US cellulose  brand that most refinishers in this region use & it works fine. 3 to 1 is a pretty stiff solution & I usually use it as my intial dose of Stwy hammer lacquer but it depends on the initial density I percieve inherent in the felt as they come out of the box. I use it on Many different kinds of felt. Whats the solids? I dont' know & don't really care as long as it makes the hammer stiffer. I'd avoid a lacquer that had any varnish or other non lacquer type additives.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Use the ventilation all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin<BR></FONT><BR><X-TAB></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>Vince Mrykalo<br>University of Utah<p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">www.yahoo.com</a>