In Europe, one traditional hammer hardening solution is collodion. My question: What is the difference between collodion and nitrocellulose lacquer? According to encyclopedias, collodion is solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol. Pyroxylin is apparently the term for partially nitrated cellulose. I read in one source that Pyroxylin can be used to make lacquer by dissolving it in volatile solvents. To me that sounds like making collodion. Are collodion and lacquer interchangeable? Are there any chemists or lacquer experts on the list? Does anyone in North America use collodion? Experiences? Sources? Jurgen Goering -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 684 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081207/5a22e385/attachment.bin>
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