Koa Parlor guitar ready for spraying.

[Tony_in_NYC]

My advice was good? I mean...Damn right you should have followed my advice!! LOL

Its looking great. Makes me wish it was warm enough here to lay some lacquer on my Koa OM!!

[David L]

I love the awesome curl on those sides, is that neck hog? In the picture it almost looks like it has that QS sycamore ray fleck thing going on.

David L

[nehsgolfer]

How about spraying vinyl sealer over the Zpoxy instead of shellac then spraying with Behlen's lacquer?

[johnnparchem]

How about spraying vinyl sealer over the Zpoxy instead of shellac then spraying with Behlen's lacquer?

I am not sure about the vinyl sealer on zpoxy, it may work. But there has been adhesion issues using zpoxy. The thread I read in OLF agreed the shellac adheres to zpoxy and everything adheres to shellac.

I used EM6000 becasue it is a water based lacquer. I do not have a place I feel comfortable spraying nitrocellulose lacquer. I did spray one les paul style guiter with what ever stewmac puts in their colortone lacquer, and a 33 year old marriage almost came to an end.

Other than the lack of smell and the coudy look right after spraying, EM6000 go on very much like nitro.

[Ken C]

Looking great, John! Nice to see a fellow KGF member shooting EM6000! Make sure your final spray session lays down 3 or 4 coats. I like to shoot 4 on my final spray for the top and 4 for my final session of the back and sides. EM6000 doesn't burn in like Nitro, so after 6 to 10 hours, you won't get much burn in. Shooting a full 4 coats gives plenty of lacquer for final leveling and buffing without fear of getting witness lines from those last coats not burning into the previous coats.

Good luck with the final coats!

Ken

[johnnparchem]

Looking great, John! Nice to see a fellow KGF member shooting EM6000! Make sure your final spray session lays down 3 or 4 coats. I like to shoot 4 on my final spray for the top and 4 for my final session of the back and sides. EM6000 doesn't burn in like Nitro, so after 6 to 10 hours, you won't get much burn in. Shooting a full 4 coats gives plenty of lacquer for final leveling and buffing without fear of getting witness lines from those last coats not burning into the previous coats.

Good luck with the final coats!

Ken

Thanks I will level again tomorrow and spray four complete coats. I read your post and will use the knowledge you gained using it.

[johnnparchem]

I used some 3m polishing paper Green to white to sand out the finish on the guitar. I do not have a polishing wheel so I hand polished the guitar with some polishing compound. (Could probably use some more; not quite like Ken's). My spray was farly level. I had no areas I had to attack that I though I might sand through.

[Tony_in_NYC]

Very nice!

[Ken C]

Oh yeah! That's a great looking little guitar! You have got to be pleased with how its turning out!

Ken

[johnnparchem]

Thanks guys.

Ken, thanks for your EM6000 posts and tutorial I read and re-read them many times.

I stressed all night not quite happy with the surface, so I bit the bullet, knowing that I can spray more coats if necessary, and that I had six coats on what was a leveled surface; I resanded the top and back starting with 3m open coat fre-cut P500. It was fairly aggressive but did not leave horrible scratches. I sanded until my fingers and eyes told me it was smooth. I re-polished with the 3m polishing paper green (400 grit) to white (8000) grit. And then used polishing and scratch remover polishes.
I am much happier with it now.