It is something like successful lacquering in brasswork--it looks very simple, but is not.
For practical purposes it is better to thin the lacquer with turpentine oil or other solvent in order to facilitate the lacquering and lessen the drying time of the lacquer.
It must be borne in mind that the lacquering was often but an afterthought decoration.
The art of lacquering is said by the Japanese themselves to have been practised in Japan as early as the third century, when the Empress Jingo conquered Corea.
It may be protected to some extent by lacquering with pale lacquer, but it loses some of its brilliancy and purity in the process.
The glass to be varnished is warmed to a temperature of, say, 50° C, and the varnish put on with a lacquering brush; a thin uniform coat is required.
A thoroughly practical little treatise on the subject in all its branches, and one which should be in the hands of every tradesman or amateur who has lacquering to do.
Lacquering is warm work, and in summer is done in rooms the temperature of which is over 200°.
A saw maker says, in England women are employed in lacquering the handles and polishing the blades of saws.
Girls were at one time employed in lacquering gas fixtures on William street, New York; but they were dismissed, because they did not prove steady and efficient workers.
The process of lacquering is a somewhat intricate one, and varies, of course, in accordance with the time and labour spent on the article to be lacquered, and the cost of the same.
After this has been effected, the whetstone is again employed with a view of obtaining a perfectly smooth surface when the lacquering proper commences.
In lacquering guns care is to be taken to leave the distinguishing marks and numbers distinctly visible.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lacquering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
