Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lacquer


This balloon was inflated in the soundhole to prevent lacquer from getting inside the guitar when we spray it. Clever, no? So after the first 8 layers of lacquer, we stop to sand back/smooth out the finish. Taking out the balloon reveals the layers of lacquer, and you can see how actually thin the lacquer is even after several layers... in my case, about 4/1000ths of an inch.

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