He couldn't get it to come off, and even a knife couldn't scratch it. Lai realized that if the stuff would adhere to glass, then it would do the same to pottery. The legendary lacquered pottery of old was thus reborn. He took the countless tricks and techniques of lacquer ware and used them all on lacquered pottery.
從此，台灣誕生了傲世的「漆陶」，他也成為台灣漆陶製作的第一人，並將變塗、彩繪、鑲嵌、貼付等千百種變化無窮的技法運用在漆陶上，開啟了台灣特有工藝文化新紀元。