dartfords FS5000 Gloss Clear Nitrocellulose Guitar Lacquer - 400ml Aerosol

I used this for spraying the back of a Strat neck. This was a cellulose lacquer over the factory polyester finish. Without too much preparation, I achieved a high gloss finish...... DO NOT think you can do it, unless you know you can...... If you know how to use a spray gun, you should be able to achieve a good finish with this Dartford lacquer. All their paints are high quality. [PREPARATION is important]

What an amazing invention. They put the liquid into a handy round tin and attach a little button on top that you press to get the liquid out. But be careful because it comes out of a tiny hole in a really fine spray and if you don't aim it carefully it will just go everywhere!

Went on evely and sprays smoothly, I did warm the can up in warm water first. I put on light coats, and didn’t get any runs. The final finish was wet sanded with 1500-2000-3000 grit wet paper. If I did it again I would have sprayed on more heavily on the final coats- but I wasn’t brave enough!😊 Great product- not cheap- but it is a good quality. I’m very happy with the results

Decent spray but not the best I have used. Only major downside is cost and quantity required to gloss a guitar. Would recommend heating the can when it gets nearly empty to give a better spray and make use of all the gloss within the can. Overall decent product.

Bought for my Fender Jazz custom job, specifically for the headstock. I sanded the face of the headstock back to raw wood to remove the “Fender JAZZ BASS” decals. This returned the wood to its washed out and pale natural appearance. This was sanded back to 320 grit, then sanded again with wet and dry 800 to get it like glass. 3 coats applied, with a light sanding with wet and dry 800 in between, a new Fender Jazz Bass water slide applied and allowed to dry out completely, followed by another 3 coats of this nitrocellulose spray, with sanding in between. My headstock looks factory quality, and I am one heck of a picky person. The maple regains it’s warmer hue with multiple coats, and it matches the other factory finished maple details almost perfectly. Words of wisdom; go thinly with your coats, do not skip sanding with 800 wet and dry in between them, although I would skip sanding the first layer of nitro you apply after applying your water slide, just to be sure you don’t accidentally sand through the thin layer of lacquer and damage it 👍🏽

Awesome

6 coats on a Stratocaster body made it look brilliant after polishing with a buffing wheel. Good product sprayed well, coverage was good.

Fantastic quick results. Great smooth and even finish. I bought one tin to test on a neck break repair, top coat. I could not be happier. Highly recommend and will 100% buy again! And a very reasonable price.

Great product, easy to work, goes on with a thin layer and looks very good. I used it over black varnish from the same manufacturer. Pictures are before/after

Alles wunderbar. Schnell trocknend, keine Schlieren.

Ganz tolle Oberflächen

Quality product. Let this dry after a few days after nitro coats. Use watery soap and 1200 grit sandpaper to level previous nitro applications and reapply nitro. Key is to let it dry for a few days before you sand and reapply product. Turns out awesome if you have the patience. Guitar needs to be well sanded prior to applying this product.

Der Lack ist im Prinzip ok. Hatte allerdings tatsächlich das Problem, dass ich mir mit dem letzten Arbeitsgang meine Oberfläche (Gitarre) ziemlich „verrotzt“ habe. Im Gegensatz zu pigmentierten Lacken sollte man diesen jedenfalls (wenn überhaupt) zuvor nur sehr kurz ins Wasserbad stellen bzw. wirklich nicht auf über 25* erwärmen sonst kommt’s wie bei mir zum Oberflächengau. Liess sich zwar alles wieder richten, aber den Schleifwahnsinn kann man sich ersparen.