Spraying Tru Oil... so far so good.

[OpenG Capo4]

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One part Lacquer Thinner to two parts Tru Oil. Mixed up 2oz at a time an sprayed in a Preval disposable sprayer. (Tru Oil is best used quickly, it dries very fast)

About 4 coats on as of this morning. Should be good and dry when I get home from work this evening.

The body is Black Limba over Mahogany. The Mahogany is pretty tight grained as it is, and I sanded in some Danish Oil to both stain and fill it. The Limba top didn't fill as easily, and it shows a bit thru the first coats I sprayed on so far. I may level it down and do a couple hand-applications to really fill it into the grain.

I tried spraying Tru Oil once before using naptha as a thinner, didn't go so well. It atomizes much better with the lacquer thinner and the Preval.

I may be seeking help with the wet sanding/buffing process. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Colt W. Knight]

thanks for sharing.

 

[fretman_2]

Subscribed!

 

[Colt W. Knight]

I thought about mixing some up the other day, but I wouldn't have thought of using lacquer thinner. I would have used naptha.

 

[OpenG Capo4]

Thanks guys. So far I've only done hand-applied Tru Oil finishes on my guitars, this is my first sprayed on finish.

 

[Glen Smith]

Very nice result!

 

[Rufus]

I recently applied Tru Oil to another neck by hand with a coffee filter.
To get thinner coats, I diluted with mineral spirits.
Worked just fine.

 

[flyingbanana]

Looks good. Can't go wrong with Tru Oil. It's a great product.

 

[Jupiter]

I'd to try this method.

 

[OpenG Capo4]

I did 3 more coats over last night and this morning. So I'm at a total of 8 or 9 now. Should be enough to level it with some wet sanding. It takes each coat about 90 minutes to dry. It really builds to a film quickly.

I started hand-applying it to the neck to get it worked into the grain. A couple more hand-applied coats and the neck will be ready to spray as well.

I've been reading that people are using olive oil as a "lubricant" for wet sanding. I've always just used water with a couple drops of dishwashing soap for wet sanding. Is that sufficient?

 

[onenotetom]

I thin it with mineral spirits and spray it with my air brush. If I apply too may coats or let it dry too long before sanding the different coats appear as it sands through. Because of this I wet sand frequently using water with a couple of drops of dish soap.

Nice to hear that lacquer thinner is working it may burn the coats together. It should also help with the drying process.

Please let us know how the final project turns out.

 

[Tom Pettingill]

I thought about mixing some up the other day, but I wouldn't have thought of using lacquer thinner. I would have used naptha.

I tried thinning with napatha before and while it "worked", I prefer mineral spirits.
Lacquer thinner is a new one for me, I'll definitely have to check it out.

 

[TeleTramp]

I did 3 more coats over last night and this morning. So I'm at a total of 8 or 9 now. Should be enough to level it with some wet sanding. It takes each coat about 90 minutes to dry. It really builds to a film quickly.

I started hand-applying it to the neck to get it worked into the grain. A couple more hand-applied coats and the neck will be ready to spray as well.

I've been reading that people are using olive oil as a "lubricant" for wet sanding. I've always just used water with a couple drops of dishwashing soap for wet sanding. Is that sufficient?

Looks amazing so far. Love that wood too. As for the wet sanding, I've tried just water, a little dish soap, and believe it or not, spit, Spit works really well for me. Weird I know.

 

[Colt W. Knight]

I tried thinning with napatha before and while it "worked", I prefer mineral spirits.
Lacquer thinner is a new one for me, I'll definitely have to check it out.

If I could figure out how to spray that stuff as well as lacquer, I'd use it a lot more.

 

[Colt W. Knight]

10 ml of Tru oil

10 ml of lacquer thinner

This stuff really doesn't go into solution well. I shook the crapola out of it to get it evenly distributed.

20 ml of Tru Oil was enough for 2 passes on a maple neck.

The headstock was bare wood

The back had a hand applied seal coat of Tru oil buffed w/ 0000 steel wool.

As it set there wet, it went on extremely even, and had a nice glossy sheen. I can't wait to look at it in the morning.


When it came to cleaning my gun, I tried lacquer thinner first, and it gummed up pretty bad. So then I had put in some naptha and turn the pressure up to blow out all the grime. That worked well.

 

[Glen Smith]

Colt, the other fellow used 20 ml thinner to 10 ml tru-oil.

 

[Jupiter]

It doesn't look like it really mixes with the lacquer thinner. Does it settle out if you let it sit? Wouldn't mineral spirits work better?

 

[joshwertheimer]

No, it was the other way around.

"One part Lacquer Thinner to two parts Tru Oil. Mixed up 2oz at a time an sprayed in a Preval disposable sprayer."

Has anyone tried the aerosol Tru Oil, and/or tried to figure out the difference between the two?

 

[Glen Smith]

This is what he used.

One part Tru Oil, two parts Lacquer Thinner, in a Preval disposable sprayer. I mix it up 2 oz at a time because Tru Oil dries quickly and the stuff isn't good to let sit out.

About 4 coats here. So far so good, its really building up. I probably should have filled the grain on the Limba better but I think after a leveling and a couple more coats it'll be fine.

I tried spraying Tru Oil before but I used naptha as a thinner. It sprayed all lumpy and just wasn't good. With the lacquer thinner it really atomizes well.

 

[Colt W. Knight]

Colt, the other fellow used 20 ml thinner to 10 ml tru-oil.

Well, I went 50:50, and it turned out great.

may try some mineral spirits next.