Nitro tint

[vintager]

Hi everybody,

i'm about to shoot a jazz body (first bass i'm making completely from scratch) in vintage white soon. i already have cans of nitrocombination-based spray (light ivory) and clear nitrocellulose lacquer. i'd like to tint that nitro just a little bit adding some brownish-amber colourant. Please note that stewmac or reranch are not available for me so i have to choose something around that dissolves in accetone well. The most experiences i have with shellac and i have more types at home but i dont know if i can add it to nitro since dissolved shellac is alcohol-based.. Or better get some aniline pigment in local art-shop.. or just leave it clear and then "warm" it with some UV....

One more question.. experience with an electric spray-gun and nitro anybody? because that's the only device i can afford at the time..

Big thanks for any reactions.

Mike

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[vintager]

bump..?

[Wreck]

don´t use electric spray-gun ( it shoots a big drops of lacquer that is later hard to flaten), and about nitro ..don´t mix it with anything that doesn´t dissolve in the same thing, if you want to have transparent finish put a colour(alcohol or water based) on the wood before lacquering it,or mix the coloured nitro lacquer with clear to achieve the wanted colour, shellac you can apply on wood before or after lacquer,after all you know that all stuff I´ve just said ,so do what you think will look better for your taste..

[Scott in Dallas]

Woodcraft sells pigments under the Mixol brand that are supposed to work with almost anything.

http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5522

[vintager]

Thank you for replies,

So i shoul stay away from electric spray-guns... ok, that will cost some more....

I'm not going to do transparent finish but vintage white and colour i already have is not 'that vintage' so i'd like to give my clear nitro topcoat some light shade.. few drops of something brownish.. If it would be a natural finish i would definitely go for shellac as a tint/sealer and thin nitro as a topcoat.

cheers,

mike

[Phil Mailloux]

Originally Posted by vintager

Thank you for replies,

So i shoul stay away from electric spray-guns... ok, that will cost some more....

Definitely stay away from electric ones. Normal guns aren't necessarily more expensive. I finished my two first basses with a compressor I paid 90 Euros for and a spray gun I paid 25 Euros for. Both were the garden variety chinese-made imports you'll find at the local hardware store.