Members kylef Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 After seeing somone spray a coat of nitro on the goldtop and having it react to it and come out orange peel, how good would these guitars take a good french polish? Would it gloss it up? I havent seen these in the flesh yet, but im more of a glossy finish guy, and was intrigued if this would work well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 I can't find the thread (network is wonky today), but somebody on the MLP forum glossed up their 50s Tribute. I believe they used Meguiars or something like that. I didn't really care for it. It looked more like poly than nitro. Not that I have anything against poly, most of my guitars are finished with it. It just looked a little off to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VRob98 Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yeah, +1 to the above. I had one of these and it doesn't really need to be glossed. In fact it would look kind of weird because the finishing of the wood is cruder than the more expensive LPs, so glossing it up would only enhance those imperfections. If you really wanted to though, any superfine buffing compound will fetch up a shine. I certainly wouldn't shoot lacquer over one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 After seeing somone spray a coat of nitro on the goldtop and having it react to it and come out orange peel, how good would these guitars take a good french polish? Would it gloss it up?I havent seen these in the flesh yet, but im more of a glossy finish guy, and was intrigued if this would work well? Dang Kylef, you have a lot of nice guitars!!! Orange peel is something almost ALL paints do. It's part of the natural drying or gassing out process. The type of paint, how you mix it, reduce it, apply it and even the damn weather will influence how much or how little orange peel you get. However, it isn't a problem. It's one of the reasons why fine sanding is part of the finishing process while going for that perfect mirror shine. As far as paint "reacting", that's why its best to stick to one type of paint and if possible, one brand for an entire project. Yes, you can do a few combinations but it's best not to. For example... you can spray a coat of enamel over a coat of lacquer and won't have a problem if you know what you're doing. If you spray a coat of lacquer of a coat of enamel, you'll get a bloody mess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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