Most of the car was hand-built to an exacting standard, including the application of multiple coats of paint, hand sanding, double lacquering, and polishing to perfection.
The lacquering technique dates back 3,000 years and involves the application of up to 200 thin layers of processed sap.
In addition, it has a good appearance which can be further enhanced by lacquering it.
After the lacquering and decorating is complete, the drying process can take up to a month.
Lacquering the insides of the shells and spraying them with a turpentine/starch solution neutralized the picric acid and prevented it from forming picric salts.
The background coloring and lacquering is applied first, the most traditional of which is charanda or a dark red, which traditionally uses natural pigments.
When the lamellae are made of leather they can be hardened by a process such as "cuir bouilli" or lacquering.
Generally, resin is collected for the following uses: wood lacquering, draught-proofing of boats and traditional medicine.
