eddiewarlock Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Well I started painting my guitar, I used nitro sanding sealer, and then the next day, i started painting it with utomotive acrylic paint, and soon after, there were bubbles everywhere, i waited until the paint dried and wet sanded all the bubbles, could i shoot another coat tomorrow without having bubbles? Problem is I need to finish this guitar before sunday... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 (edited) Should stick with the same base material in your finishes throughout the process. Nitro sanding sealer and then acrylic what? enamel? lacquer? . Read up on pros and cons of all these different finishes by LGM, should be pinned in Inlay and Finishing Tutorial section of this forum. It depends on incompatibility between materials. Lacquer can be very volatile and literally melts and fuses with the underlying layer(s). Sometimes its not a good thing. On a personal note I've had bubbling on one guitar as well. But that was due to the conditions I was spraying in as I was just adding nitro lacquer clearcoat to previous coats. Too much heat and laying it down too thick. The surface layer dried before the stuff underneath could "gas off". The result was bubbles being trapped under that dried surface "skin". Edited October 21, 2005 by Southpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Hmmm maybe that´s what happened, the guitar was hot...I had it in the sun, because i have used the sanding sealer and acrylic paint and it had worked all right, hopefully tomorrow will be better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 If the guitar is a dark color you can bet it will absorb more heat than you need. Mine was black nitro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 It was yellow, but the guitar was exposed to the sun, nd the temperatures were around 105º F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledzendrix1128 Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 (edited) gosh, you need to have the guitar done by sunday? are you planning on buffing or anything? I was under the impression that nitro took at least a month untill it was really dry and cured, mines still drying and i shot mine about a month ago Edited October 21, 2005 by Ledzendrix1128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 well, thing is, i have forgotten how to paint guitars... I used to 7 months ago and i can' t remember to save my life how much i waited between each part of the process... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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