[Trombone-l] king laquer?

[Steve Beck]

Chris Tune wrote:

>Seems to me I saw this "gold hued lacquer" as one of several options for 
>lacquer.  I think I was looking in an actual catalog for King horns. I've 
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>As far as the difference between lacquer and varnish. . .I thought that had 
>to do with the ingredients. . 
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I think this is one of the biggest problems we are having with this - 
semantics.  Lacquer usually refers to a specific group of quick drying 
finishes.  Varnish is a much abused term - or at least much more 
general.  You can buy polyurethane "varnishes," natural "varnishes", 
water based "varnishes."  It might have once meant natural "tree" based 
finishes but those days are over.

Later - I'm off to varnish some furniture - I think I'll use lacquer.