Talk:Lacquer

message: Can someone check my edit - the structure of urushiol - previouly was definately incorrect - is it correct now?83.100.249.24 14:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Urushiol

message: Please... I leave this to all the wikipedians to do when they are done chastising members of their own communities.  Arthurian Legend (talk) 03:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add a Clear and concise (and well researched) history section 

message: The lac article states that the substance used to come from insects. This article talks about resin from trees. Is it both? Did one supplant the other? Are they the same substance? 118.71.11.248 (talk) 08:59, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, under "Urushiol-based lacquers" and "Japanning", examples of tree-derived substances are mentioned, so apparently both are possible? However, etymologically, it seems the word lacre originally only referred to the substances from the bugs, assuming the portuguese only knew about these at the time. So I think the introduction is correct. Beryllium-9 (talk) 06:13, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: So no "she" lac beetle then? 32.212.19.36 (talk) 00:50, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing 

message: The referral in the phrase " other polymers dissolved in volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as nitrocellulose, and later ..." suggests that nitrocellulose is a volatile organic compound, which I doubt is what was meant. Unfortunately, I could not come up with a better rephrasing, especially since I am not sure if the part about lacquer thinner refers to both nitrocellulose and acrylic compounds.
In the latter case, I would split the sentence into two: "... (VOCs). This could be nitrocellulose, and later ..."
But as I said I am not sure (and moreover not entirely happy with my own formulation either...) I guess I'll come back and see if someone else's done something about it...Beryllium-9 (talk) 05:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing (language) 

message: Changed lacquer to varnish in Etymology (referring to the secretion of the lac insect), since in second paragraph above: 
:"...in modern usage, lac-based varnishes are referred to as shellac, while lacquer refers to other polymers...  and later acrylic compounds..."
There is enough room for confusion already: Lacquer and shellac are varnishes, but some varnishes are neither lacquer nor shellac.  Lacquer and shellac are entirely different but have exactly the same etymological root.  Different sorts of lacquers can have completely different compositions...  No wonder woodworking forums are so often swamped in confusion! 
Heavenlyblue (talk) 00:09, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomenclature 

message: Just curious. Was there white-colored lacquers in the past? Komitsuki (talk) 08:03, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  White Lacquer? 

message: I don't see much info on the resin sources used in Asia for well over 2000 years to make lacquer.  Seems like we want to know about the resin sources.  The types of trees used in different places and the methods for extracting the resins from those trees, and processing those resins to make lacquer, across the 2000 plus years in Asia in which lacquer was produced from tree/plant resin.  Thanks.  Rtdrury (talk) 23:25, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resin Sources 

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