Ron. Your paint analysis seems spot on there brother.. Yea I bet painting in enamel is-was brutal comparatively.. We spray enamel at our other shop here at work to paint truck frames and that crap can float 40 feet away.. settle onto something and still be tacky hours later depending on the air quality.. I suppose lacquer would have been dust dry before it settled anywhere?

Good morning Tom, Getting ready to go out and cut my yards before it gets to hot/humid here in Texas.

Yes, lacquer will dry mid-air, unless it is sprayed directly 'at' something. Accumulates, as you had guessed, as dust. Does not stick real well, if just floating in air. If it sticks at all, can easily be removed, (unless sprayed directly at a target).

Speaking of enamel floating. I had a friend at the plant, (in Fremont, California at the time). He did a lot of lacquer in his garage at home, I had too. Then he decided to paint his step side Chevy, in his garage, with enamel. You know what happened, I'm sure. Not only did it stick to everything in the garage, including his wife's washer and dryer which were in there also. But it floated out of the garage and settled on his neighbors car in his driveway. He had to repaint his neighbors car, of course, at his cost. Expensive lesson.