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Post by pete1951 on Dec 3, 2022 7:55:06 GMT
This US guitar finisher is using old tins of Duco. He doesn’t add naphthalene (? Is that the secret ingredient?) so it’s a smooth finish. But there may be more tins out there!
The video is not of enormous interest,but he is using old Duco,. He basically takes a worn old Strat body, give it a perfect finish then makes it look like an old worn Strat body.
Pete
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Post by chromatic on Dec 5, 2022 12:10:42 GMT
Naphthalene and some other old-style industrial organic chemicals have issues - various serious health effects have been revealed over the years. www.gov.uk/Search for Naphthalene Seems to be a long way from the Forum topics but maybe it's why the restorer hasn't used it? Cheers |
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Post by pete1951 on Dec 5, 2022 15:17:54 GMT
Yes, naphthalene I think is banded from use buy anyone but the chemical industry in the UK. I think the US spray guy wanted a smooth finish so didn’t use any additional stuff. One forum member ( in the US) does however know the secret.....see some of ‘rbe’s posts on finishing
Pete
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Post by vastopol on Dec 15, 2022 20:34:11 GMT
The "Duco" name was applied on various types of finishing supplies, even very far from USA.
You can probably still find some old DUCO cans and jugs in some old garage, but probably not anymore alchemist cristaline elixir.
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Post by zero on Dec 19, 2022 23:01:54 GMT
I have sprayed many guitars with Duco. When I restoring guitars for the vintage shops in Hollywood in 1990s you could still buy Duco paint. The Fender custom color charts they used in the late 1950s and 60s used the same catalog numbers that Dupont used in their catalog. There was a Dupont paint store just about a mile from my house. I would just give them the number and they would mix it right there. Duco is lacquer based and is cut with lacquer thinner, it comes pretty thick when they mix it so you have to thin it quite a bit. Like all lacquer you need to put clear top coats over the color. You do that so when you rub-out the finish you are rubbing the clear top coat and not the color coat. I never sprayed the Duco that was used on the Nationals although if it had Duco in the name it most certainly lacquer based.
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