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Topic: 4 coats of lacquer |
Tony Williamson
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 6:48 pm |
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its got 4 coats of lacquer and i'll put the decals on tomorrow. 
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 7:12 pm
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Nice job Tony. That is pretty.
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Tony Williamson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 7:15 pm lacquer
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| i decided to give it a try. ive oil finished gunstocks, but this is my first for refinishing a steel. i may have to strip it down and send it to a professional, we'll see how it goes and if i can live the the flaws. |
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Tony Williamson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 7:19 pm
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| btw, its quite humbling for a novice to put his work in front of so many talented luthiers and pickers. thanks guys for not being too hard on me, i'm trying.lol |
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George McCann
From:
Maui, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 8:38 pm
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I've shot a few instruments over the years. The best trick I learned was to heat the lacquer to about 160 degrees. I'd place the spray gun container in a crock pot filled with water and walk away until the meat themometer read between 150 and 160.
You didn't need much, if any thinner. The lacquer cooked off much faster as it didn't have to bleed off all of the thinner. I don't know if Gibson still shoots their instruments this way but I learned this trick form a Montana Gibson plant finisher. |
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Ronald Cid
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Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 7 Jan 2012 5:46 am
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I'm a Luthier and I build my own guitars http://www.angelfire.com/az2/jazzcorps/Ronsguitars.html
You did a fantastic job. Luckily Maple does not require pore filling to make it look like a mirror. Continue your job as you are going, and once finished, give it a week and then with car polish or tooth paste buff it out with a polisher or by hand with Micro Mesh. Micro mesh is a series of small pads starting 3000X to 6000X to polish airplane windows. Lot's of Luthiers use it to do the small corners of a guitar by hand. Regardless your job looks super |
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Tony Williamson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2012 8:05 am stain
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| maple must really be dense, there were places i just could not get it to take any more stain to get quite as dark. im about to run us all out of the house now with the lacquer, even tho im in the basement with a fan and the double doors open. i work two 16 hr shifts on weekends so i'll buff a place monday and put the decals on and post a pic. i have two sets in case i screw up. its fun though, maybe i'll start a new steel guitar company ! lol |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Jan 2012 10:04 am
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Ahh. The smell of lacquer and a good lacquer high. 
Been there, done that.
Still, it looks real good to me.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2012 1:26 pm
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| Tony, great color choice with the blue, should be one very nice looking guitar when it's done. The cabinet looks so nice it's going to be a shame to put the necks back on. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jan 2012 2:05 pm
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on this one, we just sprayed lacquer ...no wood stain...and some clear. i wish we'd put several more coats of clear because the sharp edges of the body rub off eventually. |
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