Lacquer Turning Pink In Spots

[copperhead]

i just painted a strat body WHITE i built and sprayed the nitro lacquer about 6 coats and i noticed pink spots on the back of the guitar comming out ***

[WAK Guitars]

Wierd. It might be that you didnt completely cover the back with white and that some of the wood coming through is making it look pink.

Do you have any pictures?

Good Luck.

Edited July 17, 2008 by WAK Guitars

[WezV]

what wood is underneath the white?

sometimes oily woods can discolour the white as i found out on a guitar i did with a white headstock recently. i sprayed it over some rosewood and it turned a funny colour within a few days

[copperhead]

ash body -sanding sealer -grey primer-white paint and nitro lacquer ..the pink is in the lacquer i sanded it back to the paint which was fine and started to spray the lacquer on again seems like when the lacquer starts getting on heavy spots its turns pink i was wondering if i could add another coat of white paint or maybe get something to keep this project going ahead cause thereis almost enough coats of lacquer on the guitar about 3 or 4 more

[ihocky2]

What brand of lacquer are you using and what type and brand of paint did you use?

[copperhead]

deft nitro lacquer and krylon acrylic gloss white

[ihocky2]

I have done 2 guitars and many projects with Deft and never had a problem. I have never used it over Krylon, so I don't know if there are any incompatability issues or not.

[mlennon]

Did you fill any screwholes or similar with a 2-part filler? sometimes the hardener can bleed through the paint and cause pinkish spots.