Lacquer not adhering?

[Jase]

Any suggestions????

I am finishing a Jedson teleish guitar using Nitro. The guitar was stripped by me back to bare wood and cleaned up. it was then sealed with Behlin? sealer.

I then started applying ther Behlin Stringed Instrument Lacque with a brush (not ideal i know). The first few coats - no problem. However as more layers went on I noticed a patch where the lacquer seemed to flow off and would not stick to. The Body was left to cure for 4 weeks during our fantastic Summer (makes a change).

When i started to rub down the surface with Wet n dry i rapidly went back to the bare wood in this one patch, now the question is why did the lacquer stick for the first couple of layers and then flow away from the area and what should i do about it.

Jase

[Scott Rosenberger]

It's possible that there's a waxy residue in the wood grain that is keeping the laquer from sticking. THis could be caused by whatever you used to strip the body. It sounds like the only cure is to start over and make sure the bare wood is clean using a non petroleum based solvent like acetone or Naptha

[Guitarfrenzy]

Also, if you touched the body between coats the oil off your skin is enough to do the same thing. I learned this the hard way. Not saying that's what caused your problem, but look to see if it resembles a fingerprint.

Matt

[Jase]

Thanks for the input folks

I used lighter fluid (naptha) after every rub down of new lacquer coats and the mark is not finger shaped, strange that it stuck for the first few layers, unless something wasin the wood and it took time to attack the sealer and lacquer.

Not sure which way to go yet

Jase