The compositions of cellulose nitrate lacquers

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Formulation of nitrocellulose and lacquers

Lacquer type	Ingredients	Quantitative (weight) ratio
Primer sealer	DBP, blown castor oil, maleate resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.3:0.5 -1
Film lacquer	Dicyclohexyl phthalate, dammar resin (dewaxed), maleate resin, paraffin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.5:0.5 + 8% paraffin (mp 57-62℃)
Gel dipping lacquer	DOP, amino resin/alkyd resin (1:1)	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.2:2 alcohol-soluble NC:solvent 2-propanol:toluene = 60:40 to 30:70
Incandescent Lamp lacquer	tricresyl phosphate, alkyd resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.5:0.6 colored with ceres dyes
Primer	DBP, unrefined castor oil	NC:PL = 1:0.4; ratio of DBP to castor oil (plasticizer) = 1:1
Wood lacquer	DBP/unrefined castor oil (1:1), alkyd resin/ maleate resin (2:1)	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.5:3
Leather lacquer	DBP, blown castor oil	NC:PL = 1:0.9 high-viscosity NC (e.g., E950, E840, Wolff Walsrode)
Light-metal lacquer	DOP, vinyl chloride copolymer	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.5:1
Open-pore wood varnish	DBP/blown castor oil (0.5:1), melamine resin, dammar or ketone resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.5:1
Furniture lacquer	DBP, polyacrylate resin, resin ester, alkyd resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.25-0.5:3-4
Nail polish	plasticizer	NC:PL = 1:1.2
Paper lacquer	DBP/castor oil (1:2)	NC:PL = 1:0.8
Polishing lacquer	DBP/DOP (1:1.7), groundnut oil alkyd resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.3:0.7
Polish	DBP, shellac	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.2:1
Sanding primer	DBP/castor oil (2:1)	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.3:1 + ca. 0.1 zinc stearate
buffing lacquer	DBP/DOP (1:2), groundnut oil alkyd resin	NC:PL:resin = 1:0.3:0.5
Zapon lacquer	plasticizer	NC:PL = 1:0.1-0.3    high-viscosity NC (e.g., E1160, Wolff Walsrode)

DBP = dibutyl phthalate; DOP = dioctyl phthalate; NC = nitrocellulose; PL = plasticizer

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:P NC : PL : resin = 1:0.3:0.5-1