[Colt W. Knight]

Originally Posted by raito

Perhaps true for nitro lacquer (which is almost certainly what you're referring to), but not for all lacquers (lacquer is a pretty broad term by itself). Urushiol lacquers, for example, do cure.

Yeah, being pedantic, but I've been known to use other lacquers for other things.

And you can buy precatalyzed nitrocellulose lacquers that cure upon drying.