Recent content by raystankewitz

Public Service Message; I will say this about spraying 2K finishes - That stuff is TOXIC!! and if you can smell it through your respirator while spraying, it's already too late. You need a good name brand respirator, 1/2 face or full face (recommended) with cartridges rated minimum P100...

The only issue I see that might affect you is the possibility the Tru-Oil might lift your dye. You would need to make a test piece to ensure this doesn't happen before proceeding.

That really looks like "Fish Eyes" in the finish. That means you're pulling water from the surrounding air if you're using a turbine HVLP system. That moisture condenses in the hose, then it goes through the gun, spitting water that may well be contaminated by oils, etc. in the equipment. I...

Minimum six weeks or longer, if I still smell the solvents outgassing. It sounds like your lacquer isn't cured yet.

Awesome job, getting yourself into print!

That pictorial on how to remove that broken screw, A) Should not be attempted except if you've had waaaay too much experience doing this B) Left out a $h!t-tonne of swear words that accompany such endeavors.

Twenty guitars - one nylon string acoustic needs major repairs plus a twenty-first Strat-shaped object that in the process of parts acquisition. Three basses Three Mandolins - one bowl back that needs new tuners, a proper bridge and a new tailpiece One concert ukulele One Guitalele Two violins...

I finished an end table set, built from mahogany and I used "Pure" (clear) Rubio + catalyst. It really was one coat but when I tested it beforehand, I ended up sanding my tables to P600 grit. Because it's only one coat, it shows ALL imperfections and sanding scratches. I would suggest you get...

@Spud - not looking to build up a factory thickness finish, that's why I used Tru-Oil instead of WOP. Any WOP works great . . . for furniture. It has its limitations that I'm not willing to put up with. Film thickness being one of them. I'm probably going to do ten or so coats. I do sand in...

My office desk has a wipe on Minwax finish that I do not like. It's shiny and all, sorta durable but it also has that 'tacky/gummy/sticky/plastic' feel to it. If you've ever complained about the poly finish on a Squier or Epiphone guitar, you would scream loudly about this finish. That's why I'm...

Well, I'm finishing the neck (Maple-Rosewood Reverse Strat) on a kit build, not how I would have wanted to but this stupid midwest weather and my shoulder are not cooperating! Grr! I'm using Tru-Oil. There, I've said it. yeah, you've heard me rail about this not being a proper finish but what...

Well, kind of late for my suggestion. I would use finishes all from the same source to minimize incompatibility issues.

VM&P Naptha shouldn't have affected cured lacquer to any great extent, short of giving it a slight hazy appearance that goes away when you buff the finish. The fact that it went gummy and stayed that way means something was not cured or not compatible. My guess is a lack of drying time between...

What I find unconscionable in the court's decision is Gibson taking forty-three years(!) to try to take this to court. Dean began making the V shape in 1977 with no squawks from G that whole time. I also find it unconscionable that the court awarded Gibby that win at all. As a writer...

Wow! I haven't heard a drill press called a "Pillar Drill or Pillar Press" since I was stationed at Lakenheath Royal Air Base with the USAF. The blokes down in the machine shop had names for things that were not what we called them in the USA.