Just finished spraying four walnut kitchen chairs with post cat lacquer thinned with a little lacquer thinner from Home Depot. The off gassing that I am smelling is more like a bathroom cleaner smell, not a more solvent type smell. Hold all the jokes, please, is there something being added to lacquer thinner? This is a first for me which is why I am asking. I am going to steel wool some wax for a little added protection which I hope will deal with this. Thanks for the help.
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Could it be the lacquer, not the lacquer thinner? Have you looked up the MSDS for both, to see if anything else is in there?
I'll do that now thanks!
I don't mix products from different Manufactures. Finish products are complex formulations engineered by each manufacture for a specific result. The MSDS will only give you a basic formulation. Proprietary formulations are copyrighted. Best policy/practice is using only same manufacture with their additives in their recommend amounts.