Hi Don---
Sounds like fun, where do you start?
----I haven't done it, by my Dad and Grandfather did, brush lacquer, and they h
ad a brushing solution that took a pretty long time to dry---it worked pretty mu
ch like shellac.
The main problem was dust getting on, bugs landing on, little gam 'testing' fo
r dry, the usual varnish probs.
I know industrial spraypainters who use slow thinners---I'm sure there's a way
to make the stuff as slow as you'd like it to be. I *do* like lacquer, properl
y done, but I've been anti-lacquer for so long on account of contemporary guys a
nd their work. They use stuff that dries almost instantly, often before it arriv
es at the target. Modern commercial lacquered cabinets looks pretty bad generall
y, and just OK at best, IMHO.
Stuff my Grandfather did 70 and 80 years ago looks great today. He used paste
floor wax on top, btw.
keep in touch---gam in OlyWA
If you were Einstein's father, we wouldn't have the bomb." Peggy Hill
--- On Sat, 4/21/12, Don Schwartz wrote:
Norm
> Sounds like lacquer alright. I haven't used the Deft product
> but it
> should do you fine. The main thing with lacquer (apart from
> excellent
> ventilation and no fires burning) is you have to be quick,
> then leave it
> alone to dry. Follow mfr's instructions, especially where it
> says 'light
> coats'. Practice somewhere it doesn't matter. Find out how
> much you need
> to thin it in order to keep it under control. Bonus with
> lacquer is if
> you mess up, it comes back off easily! FWIW
> Don
>
> --
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> don't know how,
> cheerfulness was always breaking in. - Oliver Edwards
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