Spraying Lacquer Full Tutorial

Very helpful video and very well explained! I have never sprayed with a gun, but I want to learn.. What do you use to remove the white dust in between the sanding?

I smell dead people…

Thank you for the video. How long do you wait before doing your next coat

Great Video. Very informative. What about de-catalyzed lacquer?

What about spraying colored lacquer on cabinet doors and drawers? Color is black

Your poor helper had to walk like 50 miles that day 😂

Blushing?...too much thinner or not enough? Was spraying a project and it blushed with humidity low.

I just want to bring my stuff to you! Great vid! thanks!

Thankyou for shring great info! One hesitation that I have is if I need to clean my spray gun in between coats. Since lacquer dries so quickly, do you find it necessary to clean your gun between every coat?

That out of time music is painful, too many creators are using it. Instant NOPE, can't watch the video. Sorry :/. Thought it was worth sharing at least.

Great video!!!! Thank you!!

How long did you wait between coats? Thanks and great info.

Need to get correct 3m air filter

Wow. Excellent vid. I'm a novice that has used HVLP sprayers before with paint with pretty good results. I tried lacquer for a table top the other day and completely F'd it up. I had to sand it back down and was going to re-coat it with Poly. (I chickened out). After watching this, I see where I went wrong. I'm jumping back on the horse and am going to lacquer it again. Out of my comfort zone is my comfort zone. And the comment, "all you did was confuse folks." Please watch the video again...and again...and again, until you see what everyone else saw.

thanks for the video but there's one big question for the hobbyist that you didn't address and I have not seen addressed really in any YT video I've watched, and that is disposal of the lacquer or thinner you're not saving after the spray. You can't just pour it down the drain of your sink (or can you??) like you can a water-based finish. This is the one and only reason I've never used lacquer for my projects. So what is the proper way to dispose of the material?

p.s. Please do the dog a favor and move his food dish away from where you're spraying!!

What grit do u use to sand between coats?

Great tutorial! Thanks to your information I figured out I was not thinning my lacquer enough!

Not even 4 mins in a you get a thumbs up.

Excellent tutorial. The tips on thinning the lacquer helped me to understand the issues I had in the past. I did not add enough thinner.

Thank you. Excelle t video. What tip size do you use with watco thinned 70/30?

For the folks that may be novices, there is a real need to wear an appropriate mask with the correct filters if you’re going solvent based. Even with water based, you should still wear one.

I purchased a hvlp and lacquered my kitchen cabinets using you video as guide it worked great. I do have one question, how long does the facemask filters last? I use 3m ov filter and they last a few hours before i start to smell lacquer obviously i replace then when this happens.

Blushing is not caused by spraying to heavy. Its caused by moisture/humidity in the air.
Its basically water vaor trapped between to film coats.
The milky color from spraying to heavy is simply the build up of product not being clear.

Are you using laquer sanding sealer before the actual laquer? Also, what do you use to clean your gun when you’re finished spraying for the day?

shouldn't you wear a gas mask, not a dust mask?

Orange peel can also be avoided with a retarder which is similar to thinning. 30 PSI is not HVLP , you're just gravity spraying off a compressor.

Been watching some videos on this. i am trying my first attempt at spraying tomorrow.. thank you.

I Love It!

Blue shirt guy should probably be wearing a mask.

Thanks for the informational video.

Great expertise shown here! Thanks

Great video! What orientation do you recommend for spraying pre-hung door jambs? Spray them vertically I assume?

Bro, is your cleaner barrel right next to your dogs food and water bowl?

Do you use a tack cloth in between sandings?

Move the pet food, that is very unhealthy place to clean the sprayer!

I never realized that left handed people stir counter clockwise or that they can sand ambidextrous.
Boy that lacquered pine looks nice

Can you use this on painted cabinets? Also, where do you get that particular brand lacquer?

Thanks for the video. So I try to redo my cabinet with lacque 20 years ago. I can bring the doors outside but what should I do with the face frame: should I cover the entire kitchen and spray or should I brush it? Thanks.

Ive probably sprayed 100s of gallons of precat nitro laquer it smells sweet . I never had to thin it more the 15 \20% even using an old harbor freight cheap hvlp turbine

You explained orange peel versus dry spray perfectly correct. A lot of people think orange peel as you need to spray more paint, but it is actually that it’s not thin enough to flow out & more paint doesn’t fix it. Awesome advise

What is the minimum size of the compressor to use?

Do you use sanding sealer?

The door is so pretty at three coats already!

how long you need to wait to dry between coats? I use marine lacquer

Great videa

Hi, which thinner did you use for Watco lacquer satin? I used varsol paint thinner and it made the substance go weird thick.

I'm attempting to spray a large area of ceiling pine t&g.... already installed....
Looking for tips on keeping the wet edge ...
Lots of ladder movements and resetting my passes across the ceiling....

Any suggestions?

Dude, thank you so much. I am a woodworker/flag maker and I am so freggin' over epoxy pouring and I am making the transition into spraying for the high sheen finish.