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lacquer
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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lacquer, U.S. lacker †lac (the dye) XVI; varnish made from a solution of shellac in alcohol XVII. — F. †
lacre kind of sealing-wax, Sp., Pg.
lacre; app. unexpl. var. or extension of Sp., Pg.
laca LAC.
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Nitrocellulose lacquers: the most used finish for interior wood products; What are nitrocellulose lacquers? How do they cure? What are the best application methods? Where are they being used? When should you choose them, and what are their pros and cons?(COATINGS)
Magazine article from: Wood Digest's Finishing Magazine; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...this is why lacquers are easy to strip with lacquer thinner even...as catalyzed lacquers are, so it may...to know if the lacquer is a "straight...evaporation before the lacquer is deposited...Nitrocellulose lacquers have been used...
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Precatalyzed lacquers have pluses and minuses.(Coatings)
Magazine article from: Wood Digest's Finishing Magazine; 9/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...to achieve the look of lacquer. Unfortunately lacquers are not as durable as many...as well. Precatalyzed lacquers are a hybrid of lacquer and catalyzed varnish that...properties. Precatalyzed lacquers are durable enough to pass...
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 "Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)")
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Traditional Lacquer Ware Craft in Need of Advancement.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 11/2/2000; 700+ words
; Korean lacquer ware tradition traces its roots back to the pre-Three Kingdom era.``Lacquer ware artifacts have been unearthed from many...62, who has devoted 46 years of his life to lacquer craftsmanship. The Korean craftsmanship tradition...
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Lacquer and japanning in seventeenth-century Flemish and Dutch paintings.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...luxury goods, such as silks, porcelain, lacquer, exotic woods, tea, and spices, left...Portuguese only brought a small number of lacquer objects to the Continent. Admired for...stains, these rare early examples of Asian lacquer entered a few select collections. (1...
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Chinese lacquer ware comes back into fashion; Chinese lacquer, old yet "new" ; Collectors on the mainland are developing a taste for an overlooked art form
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Tribune 11-19-2009 Chinese lacquer ware comes back into fashion...late Ming carved polychrome lacquer, in which artists created...some of the finest Chinese lacquers from the Song to the Ming dynasties...the finest and rarest Chinese lacquer remaining outside of museum...
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Beautiful lacquer has dangerous side
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/28/1987; 700 words
; ...The strong solvents in the lacquer can soften, dissolve or even...with just a light mist coat of lacquer sealer may be helpful, but...only materials formulated for lacquers is safer. Spraying produces...lifting or smearing them. Lacquer is available in aerosol cans...
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Japanese lacquer. (Harvard University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Massachusetts)(Current and Coming)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...to exploit the aesthetic potential of lacquer; they are usually credited with taking...Massachusetts, concentrates on Japanese lacquer boxes of the mid-fourteenth through...Elaine Ehrenkranz, Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes and will he on view until January...
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Waterborne nitrocellulose wood lacquers with lower VOC. (volatile organic compounds)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Coatings Technology; 12/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...oil-in-water emulsion. The lacquer becomes the discontinuous or dispersed...in water. History of Waterborne Lacquers Nitrocellulose lacquer emulsion technology predates World War II. Emulsified lacquers were developed for coating porous...
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Showcase of lacquer ware
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/13/2000; ; 692 words
; ...the several coats of lacquer; and the line filled with lacquer of a contrasting colour. Quiroga lacquers highlight the use of...The Chiapa de Corzo lacquers highlight religion...Mexican Indigenous Lacquer Ware exhibition ends...
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Effects of lacquer (Rhus verniciflua) meal on carcass traits, fatty acid composition and meat quality of finishing pigs.(Report)
Magazine article from: Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...effects of feeding different levels of lacquer (Rhus verniciflua Stokes) meal on the...allotted to three dietary treatments and fed lacquer at 0, 2 and 4% of the diet for five weeks. Inclusion of lacquer meal in the diets of pigs had no influence...
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lacquer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Quick-drying synthetic lacquers are used to coat automobiles...and metalware. The lacquer formula may be varied...Nitrocellulose (pyroxylin) lacquers are the most widely...Slower-drying natural lacquers contain oleoresins obtained...a sumac of SE Asia. Lacquer work was one of the...
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Chinese lacquer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Chinese lacquer See RHUS .
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Chopsticks
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...hand carved, inlaid, and coated with lacquer in traditional patterns. Plain, long...wood, and coated with oil, paint, or lacquer. Some varieties of chopstick wood have...ready for finishing with oil, paint, or lacquer. Finishing 6 Some chopsticks will be...
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Pilot Pen Corporation of America
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...In 1925 Namiki Manufacturing introduced lacquer pen bodies. For decades fountain pen...elements. Namiki Manufacturing added raw lacquer to the ebonite to create a patented laccanite...000-year tradition of maki-e, a lacquer art form, it was not surprising that...
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Binks Sames Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...World War I, Du Pont developed nitrocellulose lacquer from surplus gun cotton. The lacquer proved virtually impossible to apply with a brush, but a Binks spray gun could transfer the lacquer smoothly and quickly. Together with the lacquer...
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