Proposed Finish for upcoming builds
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:15 pm
I'm starting a couple of guitars soon, and waffling between spraying on a waterborne finish (EM6000) or using Seagrave lacquer, which I understand is a nitrocellulose product.
My pore filler of choice is Zpoxy. I like the way it makes the wood look. I'll seal both before and after the pore filling, as that seems to be what a number of people do.
Should I go with the nitro, my only choice of spraying is to put the guitar in the garage, with the garage open, but to have the compressor on the other side of the wall, to eliminate it as a source of combustion. The only electrical in the garage is a power receptical and light switch. Does this make sense?
Another huge question for me is how do I determine and keep track of how thick my finish actually is? What do you use as a way of measuring how thick a coat you put on? What thickness is a "good" thickness of a top coat just before the final sanding and buffing?
Thank you for your time and input,
Bob
My pore filler of choice is Zpoxy. I like the way it makes the wood look. I'll seal both before and after the pore filling, as that seems to be what a number of people do.
Should I go with the nitro, my only choice of spraying is to put the guitar in the garage, with the garage open, but to have the compressor on the other side of the wall, to eliminate it as a source of combustion. The only electrical in the garage is a power receptical and light switch. Does this make sense?
Another huge question for me is how do I determine and keep track of how thick my finish actually is? What do you use as a way of measuring how thick a coat you put on? What thickness is a "good" thickness of a top coat just before the final sanding and buffing?
Thank you for your time and input,
Bob