Lacquer tackeeee

[Pen Man]

I some times use an air brush with deft lacquer thin it,
I have a couple pens that seem soft or tackeee
does lacquer thined and left sit go bador maybe I needed to mix it up better

I have one pen i did let sit in a holder for a week and a half then put in my pen drawer that has felt, it stuck to the felt[V]

 

[LostintheWoods]

Are you certain you're using the proper thinner? Lacquer shouldn't be tacky when finished.

 

[Pen Man]

I used Lacquer thinner from ace

Originally posted by LostintheWoods
<br />Are you certain you're using the proper thinner? Lacquer shouldn't be tacky when finished.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

Are you sure it's not "Mineral Sprits" which is sold commonly as "Lacquer Thinner"??

If you smell the thinner, does it have a strong paint smell that smells more like maybe nail polish, or is it more of an "oily" smell

 

[Pen Man]

No it says Lacquer thinner. I think I may of mixed it and left it sit closed in the jar for 4 -6 mo. and maybe did not mix up befor useing again

Originally posted by Firefyter-emt
<br />Are you sure it's not "Mineral Sprits" which is sold commonly as "Lacquer Thinner"??

If you smell the thinner, does it have a strong paint smell that smells more like maybe nail polish, or is it more of an "oily" smell

 

[Firefyter-emt]

That should not make any diffrence, the thinner is designed to "dry out" from the lacquer. I have seen Mineral Sprits labled on the can as "Lacquer Thinner" and when the can was read carefully it said on the can "Mineral Spirits" although, if you know the smell of real thinner, you will know as soon as you open it that it's wrong.

The most you would get is a thick lacquer that did not want to spray, nothing in the thinner, the lack thereof, nor sitting for some time, should make it gummy. You can take dry lacquer that was sanded off a car, melt it in thinner and re-spray it!