Thank you so much ! I am coating a Strat body in totalboat lust varnish now.I was having a tough time getting a final coat to lay totally flat with out any small runs or streaks.Now I realize what I need to do in a week of drying time.I was freaking out.Again thank you :>)
england is always cloudy man 😂 great video i will build a guitar entire of poliester resin neck thru body guitar. you can advise me for this project? thank you manton
Thanks for the video! I burn through my color coat and the primer is showing. It's all over the place. Do you recommend removing all the color with 400p and start the color coats again? Or should I sand all the way to bare wood and start the primer coats from scratch?
Glad to help. You shouldn’t need to go back to bare wood. I would sand back the colour until you’re mostly left with primer, then respray the colour. Respray the whole instrument rather than trying to touch up the burn throughs. Good luck! 😃
@@mantoncustoms sounds good! Do you recommend applying clear coats after I finish the colour coats? Or should I sand the colour coats before applying the clear coats?
@@Matan2222222 ideally don’t sand the colour coats at all. If you have a defect (dust, hair, bug etc!) very carefully sand it out. But ideally no sanding as you can end up with an uneven colour.
@@mantoncustoms after sanding the defects(dust,hair,bugs etc..), do you recommend applying another colour coat over the whole instrument and than move on to the clear coats?
Yes, but you would need to be extremely careful as the lacquer can be quite thin. Maybe try it with buffing first. If that doesn’t do it, only use very fine papers and careful around edges!
Or a heat gun and scrape it off. With thinner be prepared for a mess. And if you have colored lacquer under the clear, whatever method you use is going to take it all off. You can’t remove just the clear.
A mask should be worn for any dry sanding, but when wet sanding there is no dust as the dust gets ‘fixed’ immediately by the water. Obviously there are no fumes at this point either as the lacquer is several weeks old so has done it’s outgassing.
@@mantoncustoms I thought that would be the case however when safety is concerned an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Does the same apply to the final buffing as well?
Thank you. This was clear and informative without any wasted time. This helped me so much.
Thanks very much for the nice feedback 😃
Thank you so much ! I am coating a Strat body in totalboat lust varnish now.I was having a tough time getting a final coat to lay totally flat with out any small runs or streaks.Now I realize what I need to do in a week of drying time.I was freaking out.Again thank you :>)
Glad to help! Thank you for watching and good luck with the Strat!
Thanks a lot for an excellent and very helpful video...
Thanks for watching 😃
beautiful result
Thank you!
so nice please tell me is black gloss paint with or separated paint +laquer many thanks
Thanks! It’s black nitro paint with top coats of clear nitro lacquer
@@mantoncustoms thank you
Great job
Thank you!
Thanks for demonstrating that! Very helpful
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching
Gorgeous!!!😮
Thank you!
You're welcome 😊
Just to let you know that your video was selected by ChatGPT related to my question on how to sand nitro lacquer from the guitar.
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Cool 🤖! Thank you for letting me know.
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england is always cloudy man 😂
great video i will build a guitar entire of poliester resin neck thru body guitar.
you can advise me for this project?
thank you manton
Ha yeah! You can follow the steps in this video for polyester too. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video!
I burn through my color coat and the primer is showing. It's all over the place. Do you recommend removing all the color with 400p and start the color coats again? Or should I sand all the way to bare wood and start the primer coats from scratch?
Glad to help. You shouldn’t need to go back to bare wood. I would sand back the colour until you’re mostly left with primer, then respray the colour. Respray the whole instrument rather than trying to touch up the burn throughs. Good luck! 😃
@@mantoncustoms sounds good! Do you recommend applying clear coats after I finish the colour coats? Or should I sand the colour coats before applying the clear coats?
@@Matan2222222 ideally don’t sand the colour coats at all. If you have a defect (dust, hair, bug etc!) very carefully sand it out. But ideally no sanding as you can end up with an uneven colour.
@@mantoncustoms do you recommend starting with 220p to remove the colour coats to reach the primer?
@@mantoncustoms after sanding the defects(dust,hair,bugs etc..), do you recommend applying another colour coat over the whole instrument and than move on to the clear coats?
The nitty gritty
I have a 2011 lespaul that came from the factory with over spray so you think I could clean it up this way
Yes, but you would need to be extremely careful as the lacquer can be quite thin. Maybe try it with buffing first. If that doesn’t do it, only use very fine papers and careful around edges!
@@mantoncustoms I took it to a shop to due it I'll see how it comes out when I get it back
Someone else with a shallow squier rout strat! My people
Nice work! Looks great! :)
Thank you 😃
What’s best way to remove clear nitro for a guitar?
Acetone or straight lacquer thinner will remove it right away. Just wipe the guitar body with a rag soaked in either.
Or a heat gun and scrape it off. With thinner be prepared for a mess. And if you have colored lacquer under the clear, whatever method you use is going to take it all off. You can’t remove just the clear.
Is it safe to assume you are wearing a mask while doing this ?
A mask should be worn for any dry sanding, but when wet sanding there is no dust as the dust gets ‘fixed’ immediately by the water. Obviously there are no fumes at this point either as the lacquer is several weeks old so has done it’s outgassing.
@@mantoncustoms I thought that would be the case however when safety is concerned an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Does the same apply to the final buffing as well?