Anyone ever try this?

[cynical1]

I've got a theory I'm considering trying out, but I just wondered if anyone has tried this themselves...or if they have any words of advice or warning.

To backup a bit, I have two veneered guitar bodies, one a pimento burl wood and the other a Birdseye maple. Anyone who's ever worked with burl wood knows about the voids inherent with burl wood, and for some reason the birdseye maple cracked on me after the wood dye was applied.

I've already put 4 coats of paint (edge burst) and around 12 coats of clear lacquer on both. After sanding I still have voids left in the pimento wood and the cracks are not completely gone from the birdseye maple.

My theory is this: As winter has closed in on me I can't spray anymore lacquer. I can use a small brush and apply shellac to the effected areas to build them up and sand accordingly over the winter until the final coats of clear lacquer go on in the spring.

The basis for this theory is that lacquer uses an acetone solvent and shellac uses an alcohol solvent. One should not effect the other by being under or over the other.

Any comments are more then welcome.

Happy Trails

Cynical One

[sumgai]

c1,

Try this page for a discussion on what you're contemplating:

www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Shellac_as_a_Sealer_under_Lacquer.html

HTH



sumgai

[cynical1]

Thanks SG. The one comment in that thread "One good coat is all you need. Too thick and it can lead to pre-mature cracking/crazing down the road." pretty much shoots the theory in the head.

Well, back to the drawing board...

Happy Trails

Cynical One

[KIIMH]

Nov 17, 2009 16:19:56 GMT -5 cynical1 said:

Any comments are more then welcome.

any commenst? ... liek, even commenst from mee?

do thay halve to be gould commenst?

are yuo tricking mee? is yuor post atchley part of tha gn2 quiz?

see how i am only aksing questions in case yuo didnt meen to includ mee?

kyle is in my head, sincerely.

[cynical1]

KIIMH -

You are always more then welcome to comment on any content here. Some of us, for some yet undetermined reason, actually look forward to your brief moments off the ward to post your flashes from the other side.

Just to show you things are right with the world...SSSmmmmiiiiiiiiiitte!

[KIIMH]

Nov 18, 2009 12:24:47 GMT -5 cynical1 said:

KIIMH -

You are always more then welcome to comment on any content here. Some of us, for some yet undetermined reason, actually look forward to your brief moments off the ward to post your flashes from the other side.

thanks, cyn

yuo know, when i was a kid i remember geting totaly shellaced a bunsch a tiems in the scoolyard by soem of teh other kids and i think i was liek ok and i dont remember anyone ever atchley breaking my skin, so i dont know .. maybe a gould shellacing can werk here, to?

i know yuo said "Too thick and it can lead to pre-mature cracking/crazing down the road", but i thikn im basicly fine now depite all teh shellacing, dont yuo?

anyways, that's my to cents but ill leev yuor desiosn to yuos guys

kylel

[D2o]

Kyle,

I spoke with your mother, who contradicts your buttertion that you're okay and confirms that - just as the rest of us have always suspected - you are both cracked and crazed.

D2o