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The lacquer on my rear window trim was smoky-grey, cracking and flaking. Some of it flaked off easily enough; I used an x-acto blade held 90-degrees to the surface to scrape off the rest.
Sanding left the wood lighter than the dash and doorcaps. I stained it with 2 applications of J H Ratcliffe's mahogany oil scumble (paint on, wipe off with cloth).
I had a bit of an issue finding nitrocellulose lacquer in Ireland. I ended up mail-ordering it from www.behlen.co.uk. (Someone somewhere said the factory used polyester lacquer, but I wanted something more tried and true for amateur application.)
Anyway, I've just put down 6 coats, with an hour between each coat. Tomorrow I'll do the first wet-sanding. I found some good videos online (google "wet sanding guitar lacquer"), so I think I'm ready to give it a go.
Jeff.
Sanding left the wood lighter than the dash and doorcaps. I stained it with 2 applications of J H Ratcliffe's mahogany oil scumble (paint on, wipe off with cloth).
I had a bit of an issue finding nitrocellulose lacquer in Ireland. I ended up mail-ordering it from www.behlen.co.uk. (Someone somewhere said the factory used polyester lacquer, but I wanted something more tried and true for amateur application.)
Anyway, I've just put down 6 coats, with an hour between each coat. Tomorrow I'll do the first wet-sanding. I found some good videos online (google "wet sanding guitar lacquer"), so I think I'm ready to give it a go.
Jeff.