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| | varnish. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | For oil varnishes a hard gum or resin, often a fossilized plant exudation such as kauri or copal, is dissolved in oil (commonly linseed oil or tung oil) and is diluted with a volatile solvent such as turpentine. |
 | | Spirit varnishes are commonly made of soft resins or gums, such as shellac, dammer, mastic, or sandarac, dissolved in a volatile solvent, e.g., alcohol, benzene, acetone, or turpentine. |
 | | Among the varnishes named either for their constituents or for the proposed use are japanners gold size, cabinet, carriage, bookbinders, patent-leather, insulating, photographic, shellac, and copal picture varnish. |
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