PRS-1TS, my first build

[phrozin]

Hi Alexis
i have read you're thread and you made a few errors with the stain and finish mate, firstly the red dye you used you have put it on to heavy if you're using water base dye if you pop on 2 coats and leave to dry a couple of hours, then rub the dye with a damp sponge what that does is pull all the dye that didn't soak up and will give you a lot more uniform look do that for another coat or 2 to get to the colour you want and will get rid of the blotchy and streaky look, with the finish you used Nitorlack nitoraqua Lacquer is water borne nitrocellulose paint, it should be applied with spray gun and its not for the 1st time builder as can be a bitch to shoot, you didn't spray enough coats to cut back usually prep work wasn't done to get the body flat the less prep you do will require more coats or you'll sand through when you're going to polish. you did a good job with the front but buggered it up with the clear all you can do is carefully sand the clear with 2000 and soap and shoot 5 or 6 coats of clear which should give you a safety margin when you sand it back to polish


Mark

[Alexis]

Hey Mark, thanks for your comments.

Yes, I made some errors: I did not sand between dye coats. During lacquer spraying I had a lot of issues, some dye went out and it was a mess (the dye which didn't soaked as you said). I used a spray gun for the first time and in total I made 12 coats of lacquer. The firs ones mixed with 25% water, and the last ones 5-10% ow water.

After 4 weeks drying, I sanded with 1000 and water, but I couldn't flatten the surface completely. Later on I will do a refinish as you said: sand the clear, add more lacquer and polish again.