Lacquer Pron!

[Elias Graves]

Working at Sherwin Williams has some benefits.

 

[Elias Graves]

 

[Elias Graves]

If the gallons aren’t enough, I got your fives as well.

 

[Elias Graves]

The pre-catalyzed lacquer is amazing.
If you know your chemistry, you understand that lacquer dries but never cures. It will forever be reactant to solvents. This is why harsh cleaners, alcohol or even standing water can damage your nitro guitar.
Pre-cat lacquer is a two part deal. You got your lacquer and you have a catalyst.
When you spray the stuff, it behaves exactly as you’d expect it to. Lacquer thinner is still the solvent. It still dries to the touch fast and is easily sanded. You can overspray or do touch ups and the new will melt right in like you expect it to.
After about, 60 days, however, the molecules cross-link and become non-reactive to solvents. It will no longer melt with lacquer thinner or anything else I’ve seen. MEK maybe but that stuff will eat anything.
Downside is cost. $85 a gallon for the lacquer and $60 a quart for the catalyst but that quart will catalyze 20 gallons. By comparison, a gallon of Hi Bild nitro lacquer is less than $40.

 

[baimun]

I will hit you up next time I need lacquer. I’m always dealing with PPG places and they don’t like to do small amounts, so sometimes I’m working with their left overs or cast offs.

 

[xStonr]

 

[Elias Graves]

I will hit you up next time I need lacquer. I’m always dealing with PPG places and they don’t like to do small amounts, so sometimes I’m working with their left overs or cast offs.

I buy gallons then dip out quarts and tint those for color.

At the store where I work, I can only do solid colors. Have to go to an automotive SW store for those.