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Thanks Phil. I'm going to try an HPLV turbine unit and I bought the Target EM 6000. Saw a lot of good reviews with that lacquer. I've been very busy at my real job so still not quite ready to finish yet. Soon I hope.

Nice Steven! Thanks everyone for the ongoing discussion on this.

I'm a little late to this post but with a little vacation time I'm finally browsing the forum a bit. I'm working slowly on my #2 and will be finishing soon. I built my #1 from scratch and playing it for the first time was so satisfying that I must recommend the same. Now, I have to mention that I've...

Looks nice Jeff. I'm working on my second flat top and have used curly maple to bind the fretboard. Just getting ready to bind the body with curly maple. I hope if come out looking as good as your OM.

Gordon and Bob...thanks for the great responses and advice. My plan is to buy a HVLP system (been thinking about that for a long time) and use a set up like Bob described. I can spray a test case or two first and see if the gun supplied will work for me. I am working on a dreadnaught of indian rosew...

I'm an experienced woodworker turned luthier (working on #2). My finish experience with nitrocellulose lacquer is limited to the spray cans, with OK results. I don't have a spray booth but sprayed outdoors. I'm thinking of spraying the water-based lacquer that StewMac sells: Target Emtech 7000HBL. I...

On my first build I used micromesh only and after burning through the finish here and there I did more spraying. After a couple more small burn-throughs I got some very good experience doing drop fills! My experience (and patience) have improved much in the year and a half since then but I learned a...

Have not built a hardwood topped guitar but have an Alverez-Yairi all-koa 6-string. Great acoustic-electric sound but lower volume and less bass acoustically. On the reclaimed wood thread here, the photos show a build with left-over walnut from furniture work and cedar from the hardware store scrap ...

OK, I'm back on my laptop finally to try posting. I was not able to select "browse" on my iPhone but I could post text with no problem and see images already posted. Just thought I would post a pic of my first build, finished a little over a year ago. This is a collage of images actually. ...

That "online" notice is very nice too Charlie. Found the photo upload option. It seems to be inactive. I'll try on my laptop.

Nathan, I love that BS wood. That is going to look great. Charlie, this is from my iPhone in case that's of interest. I'm trying to see if I can post a pic with my response...not sure. I selected "quick reply."