At 12:48 PM -0800 12/11/01, Joseph Garrett wrote: > You make the decision. IMHO Lacquer or Varnish are the >only "proper" finishes. I wouldn't consider the Polyester finishes, because >that stuff is extremely Carcinogenic when it's in a liquid state. (according >to EPA) Me too. I started in the trade by learning to frenchpolish to a glass finish and that's how I do it now. Now all the old-timers are dead, there are less than a handful in the country that know the art and I treasure the knowledge. In between I've experimented with umpteen different finishes and hated them all. Most of all I hate polyester. The only product that came near to giving a thin hard bright finish was an acid-catalysed melamine lacquer I tried, but the fumes were horrendous as it cured. JD
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