Dody, Over here lacquers have been disappearing for 10 years. They are now illegal in California, and usually the entire nation eventually follows their environmental policies.

I don't believe any companies offer new car colors in lacquer, and they don't even bother to develop formulas any more. In Tucson, Arizona, (population nearing a million), none of the shops carry lacquer except in clear, black, and white.

I used lacquer for about 38 years. I finally made the switch to a total urethane system, and gave away over 300 cans of lacquer that I had accumulated. It was just getting too hard to switch back and forth.

I don't see anything on the horizon that will interfere with urethanes being the standard of the industry. You might as well learn how to use them.