Re: Sunburst practice/test - What happened here?
When I spray the first coat of a sunburst, usually a gold-yellow, I use about a 50/50 mixture of my French Polish preparation I have on hand and pure alcohol into which I add the color. This accomplishes the same thing as a shellac wash coat before coloring, but saves a little time. Then a hand-applied burst goes on more evenly.
Regarding alcohol, here in CA it's not possible to buy Everclear (protecting the wine industry maybe?) so in the past I had folks bring me some from out of state, or I put up with the nasty paint store denatured alcohol. Recently I discovered Quality Chemical ethanol on Amazon. This is pure ethanol to which they have added a bittering agent to make it undrinkable (which must have about the same BP as ethanol so it can't be distilled out). Naturally as soon as I got it I tasted it. Pretty awful. But it smells like a doctor's office, not an organic chem lab.
Shade Tree Fretted Instrument Repair, retired
Nevada City, California
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