LACQUER CLR SAT QT WATCO

This stuff works good and is coming out satin, as advertised. The smell is stronger than any clearcoat I have used. This is only the second kind of spray lacquer I have used. Use this outdoors or in an area away from you for a few hours after spraying. It smells a lot like you are sitting in a nail salon, even if you spray it outdoors, and bring the sprayed product inside shortly after. It takes a couple of hours for the smell to calm down, so leave it away from you for that long before bringing the sprayed product into an area where you will be hanging out. It dries fairly fast, but whatever you spray it with will take about 3-4 days to completely stop smelling like nail polish. I don't want to outright mention another brand...but there is one that starts with a Z and it has low odor and faster dry time. Only problem with that brand is, it comes out like semi-gloss and the nozzle gets clogged easily. I purchased Watco because I wanted a satin finish for certain projects, and I love their food-grade products.

Good quality lacquer used on home made walking sticks 👌

Watco spray lacquer works great for finishing or refinishing guitars. I have an expensive compressor and spray gun, but I tend to get better results from the Watco spray in the right conditions. Those conditions include: air temperature over 55 F degrees, humidity below 50%, clean spray nozzle, and preheating the spray can in hot water.

This product woks really good on my Maple wood plaques laser engravings, it pulls out the lettering real nice. Does not have a strong smell and it dries pretty quick.

I subscribe to the Kit Guitar Forum and the Acoustic Guitar Construction Forum. Some time back on the Kit forum, we had a discussion of nitro products to use in finishing an Acoustic Guitar. Watco was recommended by someone whose opinion I respect, and I used it for the finish on my last acoustic. It hardens pretty well, and can be sanded and buffed out after about a week. It does take about 5-6 cans to adequately cover the guitar, so that gets a bit pricier compared to using a dedicated sprayer in a spray booth. Because of its volatility, I sprayed outside. Here in the East Texas heat and humidity, products like this can start to blush (which means it starts to film over before it completely "gases off"). All nitro is going to do that. So don't spray it when humidity is above about 60%. For economy, I'd recommend Watco in the brush on form. If you have a spray booth with a non-combustible fan, I'd use that as it will probably be cheaper as well. But that is dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. But if you're like me and don't want to deal with cleaning a brush after each coat, the aerosol can is a good way to go. Just put on as heavy a coat as you can without it running or blushing, maybe 2-3 coats daily spread 2 hours apart, and a week or so later you're going to have a nice looking guitar. As far as quality, this gets a 5. I took a point off for total cost for a guitar.

An old standby that my local stores quit carrying. I’m glad Amazon stocks it at a reasonable price.

Easy to work with

Used it on a Taylor guitar that the finish got ruined on has 3 coats now giving it 10 days to cure before buffing out . A friend of mine "Catch" owns "Sawyer Guitars" company and is doing the work for me and Watco is the brand he recommended for my guitar . He has built guitars for many big stars like Billy Gibbons and many more .