Re: What causes this crazy brown 'crazing' in a varnished steel measuring square?

krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:32:04 -0500, "dadiOH" <dadiOH@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:37:32 -0500, "dadiOH" <dadiOH@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Chuck Banshee wrote:
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:40:26 -0500, dadiOH wrote:

It wouldn't be varnish, it would be lacquer.
A bit of lacquer thinner will remove it.

Ooops. I don't know the difference between varnish & lacquer.

Looking it up by a variety of sources, Wikipedia included, the
difference is interesting ... but after looking that up, I'm still
not sure how you know it's lacquer.

Because no manufacturer would use varnish because it dries so
slowly. Ditto commercial furniture - lacquer finish.

Why wouldn't they use a UV-cured epoxy, or some such? Much faster
than any of the above.

Maybe they do, no idea. It would depend on cost I would guess.

It's used on flooring (many coats, even), why not on even a cheap
square?

Because flooring sells formore?

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