awilcox Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Well, my vacation is over today and I never got all of the clearcoats (nitro) on my present projects. I will be back to doing work on my guitars mostly on the weekend so my question is; is there a maximum length of time you can go between coats before it starts affecting adhesion of one coat to the next? I have 4 coats on now and it will likely be 6 days before I can continue my clearcoating. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Nitrocellulose lacquer creates a chemical bond; it melts into itself with each successive coat. You can wait as long as you want between coats without adhesion problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Nice in theory, the whole 'melting in' thing, but it's really not quite that simple. As Nitro ages, the coats don't melt into each other nearly as nicely. But we're talking years, here. Honestly, scuff it up next weekend, shoot 3 or 4 coats saturday, 3 or 4 coats sunday, and you're done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awilcox Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Thanks for the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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