Re: Clear-coat finish ... ?
None of my Jacksons (1983-1992) have a lacquer finish. I would love to see one that is factory.
Anyhow, you CAN use nitro with acrylic if you allow the Duplicolor acrylic a good 2 weeks to a month of curing time before top coating. The fresh paint smell should be totally gone before clearing. The incompatibility between the two finishes is in the retarders. Once the retarder is dried out, they work together 99% of the time.
Another tip. When top coating metallics, NEVER spray a full coat on the uncleared flakes! That will run the flakes and kill the look. You should spray a light mist very dry clear coat to seal the flakes. Infact I prefer to spray 4 or 5 dry coats before going to full clear coats. If you want an extra brilliant finish, spray out a uniform flake layer, seal with dry clear, mist on a very light metallic coat, reseal, and repeat for three coats. This will seperate some flakes from the color coat and let them sparkle as they are suspended in the clear.
[ June 16, 2004, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: Jim Shine ]
None of my Jacksons (1983-1992) have a lacquer finish. I would love to see one that is factory.
Anyhow, you CAN use nitro with acrylic if you allow the Duplicolor acrylic a good 2 weeks to a month of curing time before top coating. The fresh paint smell should be totally gone before clearing. The incompatibility between the two finishes is in the retarders. Once the retarder is dried out, they work together 99% of the time.
Another tip. When top coating metallics, NEVER spray a full coat on the uncleared flakes! That will run the flakes and kill the look. You should spray a light mist very dry clear coat to seal the flakes. Infact I prefer to spray 4 or 5 dry coats before going to full clear coats. If you want an extra brilliant finish, spray out a uniform flake layer, seal with dry clear, mist on a very light metallic coat, reseal, and repeat for three coats. This will seperate some flakes from the color coat and let them sparkle as they are suspended in the clear.
[ June 16, 2004, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: Jim Shine ]
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