I am about to begin a guitar kit from grizzly. I know quite a bit about guitars but still i'm flying by the seat of my pants. One thing i have heard from alot of sources that top guitar builders (fender, gibson) use nitro cellulose lacquer to paint the instrument. Supposely thats a good way trick to impove sound. I just ordered some from www.stew-mac.com . The part i am unsure about is what to do if you want a solid color finish because if you were to use car paint which is enamel the lacquer clear coat would eat it. Stew-mac has lacquer pigment so i bought white. I want to do a metalic white finish does anyone know if theres a special kind of metalic dust for lacquer paints? I do know when doing guitars they say to on put enough color on to just cover the wood. Then clear coat for 5-10 coats. The last ones are the thinest. Stew-mac has alot of good references, check it out. ... View related article.
