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

On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:37:32 -0500, "dadiOH" 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.