Clearcoating several different guitars with nitrocellulose lacquer
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Spraying nitrocellulose clear lacquer topcoat on guitars. I'm using an iwata LPH 300 with a 1.3 fluid tip and approximately 15 pounds of air pressure.
Thanks Jay!
Man, that purple one is so good!. Thanks for the video, Jay
I'm curious where you buy your equipment? Spray gun, respirator, etc?
You can get these spray guns and equipment in many stores. And online as well.
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Thank you
Is it as scratch resistant as urethane? Is it easy to polish?
I think urethane is stronger. It isn't hard to polish as long as it's dried for 10 days or so after painting.
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Do you always use a nitrocellulose clearcoat and the basecoat is also nitrocellulose?
On most things yes that is the case. But some orders request urethane undercoat and topcoat so we do that as well.
How many clear coats are you doing for a glossy finish?
And do you spray all the coats the same day?
I wish I could just give you a number. But there are so many variables. with rattlecans you can put 10 - 15 coats. it's pretty thin stuff. With lacquer (if that's what you're using) sprayed from a gun you can put 4 or 5. you might even want to sand that once it's dry then add more. typically with clear lacquer you wait 45 minutes or so between coats.
Great video, Jay. Have actually been waiting a while for a clear coat one. I have real trouble avoiding tiny dust specs in my finishes, especially on sonic blue where it seems to hide itself on the base coat and stick out like dogs balls as soon as you clear coat. What’s your process for avoiding debris in your paint?
That's a hard question to answer. But based on what you said, you gotta painstakingly be sure the base color is clean before ever spraying your first clear/top coat. And spray your first clear coat kinda light. Then you can see how it's going. And if you need to fix anything. If so, then fix it, spray more color and continue with the clear after that.
Great videos Jay! How many coats of clear does a guitar get?
That all depends on what you want it to look like.
Thanks jay, now say you was doing a relic body, how many coats would you put on that. Do you guy's still use the flash coats
Flash coat is a specific type of finish. And as much as I'd like to tell you the answer, Fender might not appreciate it. So I'll just say, somewhere between 2 and 5. All this is subjective though. Your 3 coats might be heavier or lighter than my three coats. So just try putting less first. Then if you feel it needs more, then add another coat.
Hey Jay, are you at liberty to comment on what brand of nitrocellulose lacquer you use? If so, please do tell. If not, it's all good buddy. Awesome work.
I'm not sure if Fender wants me to mention these things. Do you have access to any nitrocellulose lacquer?
"top coated"? I think you mean CLEAR COATED. I can always tell the home grown from the professionals that have been schooled. Top coat is the last layer of paint - not a clear coat. If you have a colour coat a clear coat isn't necessary. Cheap Chinese manufacturers use a sealer coat or what you call an undercoat then a binder or colour coat in between with a thick clear coat of polyester on top. This is so that they can save money on pigment. Otherwise a clear coat isn't necessary on solid coloured paint. Sunburst, Blonde, and metallic paints are the only ones that require a clear coat. When it's a solid colour the process of smoothing or wet sanding is called "Colour sanding". And back the in the glory days of Fender and other manufacturers used a vinyl sealer coat or "undercoat" as it's said now. Those are are to seal the wood grain so that the paint doesn't settle into the pores. I've been painting for the better part of forty years and I've seen a lot and I've done a lot.
But this is pretty good for a home studio paint booth. I wish I had something similar. All you need is a little understanding of how paint works, the formulation of paint, safe working environment and the tools necessary to build your own paint booth and anyone can do it. This video proves that. The only real hard part is knowing how to spray without runs, sags, or drips and how many coats to spray before setting your part aside to dry before spraying subsequent coats until thick enough without worrrying about having to wait a long time to buff or to sand and buff without burning through!
hmm.
"home studio" 😂😂😂
Oh yes!!
Hi Sir, how long you wait between coats?
an hour to be safe
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