"charlie b" wrote in message

Before catalyzed lacquer, before poly, before shellac and maybe even
before bees wax and oils, somewhere way back when, shiny wood wasn't
possible, or at least hard to achieve. OK, so if you rub a really
smooth stone fairly hard on a piece of wood, it'll get shiny. However,
at some point in history, "just the wood" stopped being good enough.

The wood I can understand, but the current emphasis on shiny teeth ....

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