Lacquer thinner is actually a combination of different chemicals and fall into two categories. They can be diluent solvents and, thus, dilute the nitrocellulose and/or other resins or they can be active solvents.

Thinner issues are one of the most common problems that finishers encounter. Here are a few tips to ensure you make the right selection.

We've been discussing how to make repairs to woodgrain and my buddy Kevin Kamberg, an expert on this, shared a few tips on how to repair lacquer that has floating debris.

More tips from my buddy Kevin Kamberg on how to repair wood finishes.

Let’s say that you have a furniture requiring a spot repair or a customer wants you to re-coat their cabinets. Here are some questions to ask yourself.

A refinisher often has no idea how his lacquer will affect what was applied before. It’s often a roll of the dice, yet here are some general rules.

Whether mixing wood finishing recipes for a post-cat or enlarging a wipe stain recipe, we need to be able to understand and use proportion to correctly do that.

New coatings technology probably means that we need to approach how we build things as well as how we spray things in the booth.

The first part in a series on scuff sanding discussing the art form, its importance and providing basic tips to ensure a smooth wood finish.