Steel Guitar Builder

Allan, Stewmac sells the liquid pigment in 4oz bottles for $12.55. even if you bought a quart at the bottle price you saved $170.00 per the price you were quoted from who you bought your powder from. One bottle I believe is enough for two guitars IMO from what I have left over. I'm all about simplic...

The pigment I mentioned earlier arrived today. It's not quite the color I expected but then I did have the option to order a color sample chart and decided to go ahead with ordering based on what I saw on the confuser screen. I am gonna use it anyhow. I went out as soon as it came. I put a little n...

No expert by any means. All by trial and error. I do use very good spray equipment. I have a Sata gun. Here are a couple of pictures, sorry for the quality, I had so much glare it was hard to get a picture that really shows the finish. I am an elevator mechanic by trade. I currently the purchasing a...

I treated the lacquer as is if I were painting a car, spraying light coats with the last coat a little heavy on the thinner to make it lay flat. The beauty of working in this medium is if you make an imperfection I have been able to spray straight thinner and it melts the lacquer and when the thinne...

Nitrocellulose Lacquer Nitrocellulose lacquer was initially marketed as a fast-drying alternative to wood treatments such as shellac and varnishes. It was also combined with pigment to produce one of the first spray-on paints. Today it is still used for staining woods as it's cheap, dries quickly an...