Finding a good nitro-cellulose lacquer

[Phil Mailloux]

Migrated in Oz 6 months ago. I'm looking for nitro-cellulose lacquer. What is the best brand of it in Oz and where can I find it.

If there's one brand thats particularly resistant to cracking over the years I'd be really happy to hear about it.

[old_picker]

hi phil
welcome to oz
sure you want to use nitro??
local envro laws are pretty tough on this stuff....
you need to spend a lot to get a proper spray setup...
i have found USL water based pretty nice for guitars
also thinking of using w/based floor varnish
with w/based lacquer you wont get the nieghbours upset or cause yourself to die of cancer in a few years
if you insist on using it heres a starter
http://www.boogaloodudes.com/ncl.html

[bitingmidge]

Send a PM to MajorPanic, I'm sure he'll tell you where he gets his Mirotone from in Brisvegas.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/member.php?u=1965

cheers,

P

[normell]

Send a PM to MajorPanic, I'm sure he'll tell you where he gets his Mirotone from in Brisvegas.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/member.php?u=1965

cheers,

P

Great stuff too, that Mirotone

Normell

[Phil Mailloux]

Thanks very much for the links guys. I was getting worried after not getting any answers in the first two days after this was posted :D

[Hobbit]

Phil,

I tried to find some info for you but it's probably a time that a number of suppliers have closed down for a little while. I known that there are a few suppliers of both solvent and WB lacquers out there. Will try and get some info for you when things normalise again. In the meantime, Wattyl, Mirotone and Akzo Nobel all sell lacquers.

[echnidna]

hi phil
i have found USL water based pretty nice for guitars


Where do you get USL lacquer?

[Justin]

G'day Phil,

Welcome to Australia, I hope you've had a good first Christmas here.

Here's a link to Mirotone's site in New Zealand. They have an Australian site, but the New Zealand one is heaps better with product info sheets that you can download etc :

http://www.mirotone.co.nz/

I've used their precat lacquer and was very happy with the results.


Cheers,


Justin.

[Phil Mailloux]

Thank you all guys, I'm really in the market for nitro-cellulose. From the links I've seen Durobond seems to be the right choice for me. I'll have a look where I can get some locally, probably will just ask them through e-mail.
That 851 guitar lacquer thing looks like the one I'll just have to try first :D

[normell]

G'day Phil,

Welcome to Australia, I hope you've had a good first Christmas here.

Here's a link to Mirotone's site in New Zealand. They have an Australian site, but the New Zealand one is heaps better with product info sheets that you can download etc :

http://www.mirotone.co.nz/

I've used their precat lacquer and was very happy with the results.


Cheers,


Justin.

Thanks Justin, only ever looked at the AU site until now.
Much better

Normell

[soundman]

Mirotone at wacol should be able to fix you up with some gear.
As long as you can buy in 4 litre containers for the laquer and 1litre containers for the stain (primarys)
you can use the stain to tint the laquer.
cheers