Great video awesome color, have you ever tried mixing your clear lacquer with your color to give the color itself the high gloss sheen? The only reason I ask is because unless you spray a flash coat on last there’s always a slight amount of orange peel texture on the final coat that needs to be polished at least with the high gloss finishes. Also what type of lacquer is it nitrocellulose or CAB? Nitro does yellow over time as opposed to an acrylic lacquer.
@@milosrestoration1337 I wasn’t referring to water based lacquer. CAB lacquer is a solvent based product but as opposed to traditional nitrocellulose lacquer, CAB has an acrylic resin in it to have more UV protection as traditional nitro lacquers yellow from UV exposure. I will say CAB is slightly more expensive than Nitro and it dries faster as well. But lately I’ve been struggle to find quality lacquer thinner specifically for lacquer and not for cleaning tools so I’ve been testing MEK to thin my lacquer and I am shocked at the results how well it levels out and how quickly it dries. I can put lacquer down heavier and it won’t drip and sag like it does with the lacquer thinners I’ve tried. I only have the Crown brand from Sherwin Williams or the Klean Strip lacquer thinner brand from the big box stores. NONE of the SW stores near me carry SW brand lacquer thinners such as R7K320 or R7K120 specifically designed for their lacquer products. But as for mixing clear high gloss with undercoater/vinyl sealer it needs to be cut like 50/50 to get any jump in sheen from the base coat sheen and then you need to put on more coats because the coverage is poor due to the opacity from mixing clear with color to that degree.
nice glossy finish and I like the color. It's a shame to do all that finish removal and then paint but you mentioned that the piece would not accept a stain. That's strange too, were you initially going to stain and polish it?
Yes. Sometimes a very thin sealer is used at the furniture factory and it can be very difficult to remove this without sandblasting. Usually a chemical stripper will remove any sealer preventing a stain from absorbing but not always.
Great video awesome color, have you ever tried mixing your clear lacquer with your color to give the color itself the high gloss sheen? The only reason I ask is because unless you spray a flash coat on last there’s always a slight amount of orange peel texture on the final coat that needs to be polished at least with the high gloss finishes. Also what type of lacquer is it nitrocellulose or CAB? Nitro does yellow over time as opposed to an acrylic lacquer.
Just using Mohawks precat. Ive heard that but ive had no good experiences with water based the products basically just cost me money lol.
The margins for water based on furniture flipping are too slim in my opinion. It’s a good product for cabinets
@@milosrestoration1337 I wasn’t referring to water based lacquer. CAB lacquer is a solvent based product but as opposed to traditional nitrocellulose lacquer, CAB has an acrylic resin in it to have more UV protection as traditional nitro lacquers yellow from UV exposure. I will say CAB is slightly more expensive than Nitro and it dries faster as well. But lately I’ve been struggle to find quality lacquer thinner specifically for lacquer and not for cleaning tools so I’ve been testing MEK to thin my lacquer and I am shocked at the results how well it levels out and how quickly it dries. I can put lacquer down heavier and it won’t drip and sag like it does with the lacquer thinners I’ve tried. I only have the Crown brand from Sherwin Williams or the Klean Strip lacquer thinner brand from the big box stores. NONE of the SW stores near me carry SW brand lacquer thinners such as R7K320 or R7K120 specifically designed for their lacquer products. But as for mixing clear high gloss with undercoater/vinyl sealer it needs to be cut like 50/50 to get any jump in sheen from the base coat sheen and then you need to put on more coats because the coverage is poor due to the opacity from mixing clear with color to that degree.
Do you have any social media? I’d like to pick your brain some.
nice glossy finish and I like the color. It's a shame to do all that finish removal and then paint but you mentioned that the piece would not accept a stain. That's strange too, were you initially going to stain and polish it?
Yes.
Sometimes a very thin sealer is used at the furniture factory and it can be very difficult to remove this without sandblasting. Usually a chemical stripper will remove any sealer preventing a stain from absorbing but not always.