I met a new friend courtesy of my series of three articles on lacquer thinner that were recently published on Woodworkingnetwork.com. I made the comment that I felt that it was a very good idea to ...

With 21st Century high-tech lacquer coatings, lacquer thinner is not always lacquer thinner. If all lacquer thinners were the same, adding a little bit more would be easy. But, it’s not. As most folks ...

SHIOJIRI, Nagano Prefecture--When artisan Yusuke Iwahara decided to customize his Harley-Davidson, he didn’t just coat the motorcycle’s fuel tank and handlebars with “urushi” lacquer. He even applied ...

Ottchil, or the technique of coating lacquer in varnish, utilizes the finest craftsmanship. It takes several months just to collect the sap and refine the lacquer. Then, the process of coating a ...