
muttley600
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Thats pretty much what I thought. The Nitro thing carried on with guitars quite a bit longer than the auto industry as well I believe.
Anyhow they are able to control the enviroment in their spray shop better than I ever could simply from a cost and quantity point of view. Mine only gets used about three or four days a month or as long as it takes me to laod up what ever I'm shooting, apart from the odd repair burn in. I like to shoot as much as possible while I'm set up. Hate cleaning down and mixing up small pot stuff.. a real drag. Much rather make sawdust.
I was thinking of trying the Behlen stuff because I can get that here. Have you used it in the past?? Is it just Nitro?? Same as McFadden??
Yeh its what I use and like it a lot. It costs an arm and a leg to ship and I have to make my own arrangements because of current regs on shipping inflamables and combustables. The US and UK have thier own set of requirements quite a headache so I've been looking for alternatives. Still like the waterbourne stuff these days. KTM is good I find. The finish you can get with them has come on heaps in the last few years. There are a couple of options over here so its easier to get hold of.(can you get McFaddens across the pond? It is, without question, the best guitar finish I've ever tried.)
Boy thats hot around 41 degrees C or 105 fahrenheit. I wonder if its specially formulated for that temp thats dangerously close to flashpoint which from memory is about 55 degrees COh, someone mentioned heating finish prior to spraying. Gibson heats their nitro to about 115 degree (fahrenheit, not Celsius, and I could be off by a few degrees on that number). It helps the finish to flow out without the use of so much reducer, which makes the finish dry faster.

I was thinking of trying the Behlen stuff because I can get that here. Have you used it in the past?? Is it just Nitro?? Same as McFadden??