Finisher's Choice Clear Lacquer - Gloss (M102-0540)

good spray action, beautiful finish on my strat headstock and i'm picky, use again for sure!

First... do your research and know what your are getting into with nitrocellulose. It takes some effort, a little knowledge, and a long off gassing period of at least a few months. It has strong VOC (fumes). I knew that, and so should you. I purchased Mohawk nitro after trying another brand of nitrocellulose laquer. The other brand is known for guitar finishing. Even though my house is climate controlled and low humidity, the other brand, blushed and turned white very bad. This ruined the guitar finish and costed me 50 in materials and about 4 hours sanding down the guitar. The Mohawk brand was my final effort to do nitrocellulose. It turned out beautiful! I still have yet to polish it, but it's already very pleasing.

Adding too much causes clouding. Clouding does not fade with application of flash coat with retardant. Required removal with lacquer thinner and respraying. Had high hopes, but disappointed with clouding. Takes patience and some practice to get great results. Allow two hours or more to dry between coats does the trick. (Southwest climate 80°, 30% humidity).Trying other brands to see if they are less likely to cause clouding. Been spraying guitars for a over a decade, first time to experience a clouding problem.

By far one if the best lacquers on the market. It comes out of the can with the perfect spray. Real easy to use and it dries to a nice hard finish.

Works the way it is intended. Must be careful to by the right sanding sealer as there is one for the Finisher's Choice and a different sanding sealer for the pre cat finish which I bought but did not use because the sanding sealer was not compatible.I think it is a bit expensive for 13oz.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:PriceSpray quality:Super Inconsistent! Had 2 bad cans out of the 6 I bought. 2 of them would spray fine but intermittently spit out bubbles that would leave coats I would have to sand off. To make it worse, in order to get rid of the divets the bubbles would leave, I would have to sand previous coats off. Not worth the money saved as it wasted to much material. Going back to Color Tone, when it’s on sale it’s not that much more expensive.

I used this product for the final finish of a guitar that I completely stripped and refinished. I first created a burst finish using both stain and paint, then applied a couple light coats of spray glitter. This created a textured finish that concerned me, as the final product needed to be smooth as glass. This Mohawk Clear Gloss Lacquer worked like a champ. I used about a can and a half - 30 to 40 light coats applied over a week or so. I would let it dry for about an hour or so between coats. I ended up with a nice glossy, smooth, but pebbled surface. I then wet sanded going from 800 to 3000 grit using a block. This product added a perfect gradual thickness that allowed me to sand the surface level without going through the lacquer layer. After buffing with a gentle rubbing compound, I was left with a beautiful shimmering glass like nitro finish. I've used other similar products. This one is much better. I can't recommend this product enough.

The spray dries quickly even in 60 degree weather. The mist is very fine, better than the Krylon clear which is heavy by comparison. After the brass was polished with brass polish, the residue was cleaned off with acetone. It was left to dry about 15 minutes before the next coat and all coats dried between the next. I used three coats and left them to dry overnight in the house before reassembly. I suggest this over the krylon. Just my opinion.