For some of you, I thought this might be helpful. Others already probably know. ....From time to time your finishes go bad. How you can tell with lacquer or solvent products, they often revert, meaning their chemicals begin to break down. They will often have a distinct smell that is different from their normal smell.
Lacquer goes from that pungent spicy banana like smell to a stale more acidic smell (to me)
Varnishes, begin to smell like old Linseed oil and often will curdle on the top.
Latex paints will get this sour smell from the normal slight ammonia odor.
At any rate one thing that you can do to make it inert is to mix it with mortar or sawdust and let dry, then you are not compelled to take to a hazardous waste area.
Such was the case recently, with my lacquer...... opened it .....damn........... it was too old, so I mixed with some saw dust and just let dry and then dispose of it in a normal fashion.
Just a quick tip
Lacquer goes from that pungent spicy banana like smell to a stale more acidic smell (to me)
Varnishes, begin to smell like old Linseed oil and often will curdle on the top.
Latex paints will get this sour smell from the normal slight ammonia odor.
At any rate one thing that you can do to make it inert is to mix it with mortar or sawdust and let dry, then you are not compelled to take to a hazardous waste area.
Such was the case recently, with my lacquer...... opened it .....damn........... it was too old, so I mixed with some saw dust and just let dry and then dispose of it in a normal fashion.
Just a quick tip