Hey guys!
I just wanted to pass on my experience using this product. I ordered a Ebony on Maple neck from Warmoth without the finish in an attempt to save a buck. For $10 dollars I got a can of the Clear Satin nitrocellulose lacquer from Stew Mac. I got excellent results.
I'm a newbie to all of this so I was very intimidated by the whole finishing process but I had no problems with this product. After masking off the Ebony, I cautiously applied the first coat. Based on reading others' experience, I was most concerned with "running" so I applied a very light coat. It went on smooth and easy. The instructions call for a 1-2 hour wait before appling a new coat. I noticed that it had dried in about 15 minutes but I still waited for 2 hours. I ended up with 3 coats applied on the first day. No runs yet! On the second day I got a little more aggressive and applied the coats with only any hour in between coats. 4 coats applied the second day for a total of 7. The instructions recomend that newbies apply up 12 coats because of the fact that they don't have a feel for how much to sand down on the final steps. On the third day iI noticed that each coat had been drying relatively fast so I picked up the pace and was able to get about 13 coats on for a total of 20. I then use 400 grit sandpaper, wrapped around a small block of wood, to level sand the neck. The lacquer was dry and sanded down easily. My curiosity got the best of me at this point so I thought I'd experiment with how thick I could apply the lacquer without andy runs. I did get a run on the headstock which easily sanded out with the 400 grit paper. So one more coat then I let it cure overnight. The next day I used an 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper and wet sanded the neck. I was very happy with the result, unfortunatly my camera does not capture the finished result but imagine a raw maple neck but with a finish on it it. :icon_smile:
I just wanted to pass on my experience using this product. I ordered a Ebony on Maple neck from Warmoth without the finish in an attempt to save a buck. For $10 dollars I got a can of the Clear Satin nitrocellulose lacquer from Stew Mac. I got excellent results.
I'm a newbie to all of this so I was very intimidated by the whole finishing process but I had no problems with this product. After masking off the Ebony, I cautiously applied the first coat. Based on reading others' experience, I was most concerned with "running" so I applied a very light coat. It went on smooth and easy. The instructions call for a 1-2 hour wait before appling a new coat. I noticed that it had dried in about 15 minutes but I still waited for 2 hours. I ended up with 3 coats applied on the first day. No runs yet! On the second day I got a little more aggressive and applied the coats with only any hour in between coats. 4 coats applied the second day for a total of 7. The instructions recomend that newbies apply up 12 coats because of the fact that they don't have a feel for how much to sand down on the final steps. On the third day iI noticed that each coat had been drying relatively fast so I picked up the pace and was able to get about 13 coats on for a total of 20. I then use 400 grit sandpaper, wrapped around a small block of wood, to level sand the neck. The lacquer was dry and sanded down easily. My curiosity got the best of me at this point so I thought I'd experiment with how thick I could apply the lacquer without andy runs. I did get a run on the headstock which easily sanded out with the 400 grit paper. So one more coat then I let it cure overnight. The next day I used an 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper and wet sanded the neck. I was very happy with the result, unfortunatly my camera does not capture the finished result but imagine a raw maple neck but with a finish on it it. :icon_smile:
