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Many years ago whilst in the RAN, we were told that a fuel tank cylinder is extremely dangerous when near empty. This applies to the usual cars fuel tank, or a huge LP gas tank.
Seems commonsense...

I've used caustic soda solution over the years, and have the scars to prove it. But these days I mix into the solution a small cup of cornflour and water as you would a cooking thickener.
Mix this...

Yup!, good old Brasso, great for polishing up perspex windscreens on boats, and deadly on undesirables in the pubic region. (yeah, ex Navy here:2tsup:)

Ah! thats how its spelt....Close enough eh:)

G'day Jack, I went down to an Auto Repair place and bought a few sheets of 2000 grade wet & dry mate.
I opted to go for the Carnauba paste from the local hardware, but have heard the Auto Accessory...

I mixed the stain into the Precat (NC) before spraying.
Used 3 coats of Rosewood stain/Precat for the neck, then 2 clear Precat 95% Gloss thinned down to about 80precat/20% lacquer thinners.
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Thanks Mick:~ Just paid $10 for a litre of Lacquer Thinner at Bunnings. Off to SuperElCheapo I go:).

Doing up an old acoustic guitar here and paid $20 for a Litre of 95% Gloss PreCat. A litre is...

Looks like Durwood's the man, following these threads with great interest:)

Thanks China, will certainly be checking that one out. Did a Google on Rustins Plastic Coating and looks impressive.
Can it be thinned to spray?...not too keen on brush strokes unless it is...

"shot off on a tangent here..."?

Um! I was merely enquiring what the castor oil additive actually does thanks Durwood, and my mention that I'll be checking out other leather merchants is because...

Yeah know what you mean regarding strings making a huge difference.
I try to play old slide blues acoustic and having put on a new set of heavy gauge strings and hooking it up to the amp made a huge...

eBay, mmmm???
Doesn't really surprise me what these shonks are hocking off on eBay, and the gullible pigeons our there that actually bid?
Some nutters actually bid heaps for a Nutra Grain, (yep the...

Just noticed this thread and would just like to add, congrats, well done.
Wow!...nothing more satisfying than to know you have put it together yourself:) Very nice indeed.

I've recently bought...

Ok thanks Durwood, will ring around to other Leather dealers on Monday.

Update, have rang the local Leather dealer and they have a product in a pint, (roughly 500ml?) containers of stuff called Neatlac. Chap over the phone reckons it has on the bottle that it is alcohol...

I do the same up to a point, checked out silicone free polishes in the Auto shop but a friend tipped me off to get hold of a small tin of Gilly Stephenson's Carnauba Wax.
Have found this one to...

Yep, I thought the same when SA's Clarke turned the wheel in an instant and nearly hit him full side on rather than nose first.
Shocker of a start to the event but it is afterall motor racing, a...

"By the way leather lacquer is nitrocellulose lacquer, the difference being you add about a tea spoon of castor oil to a litre of mixed lacquer. So don't pay for so called special lacquer when you...

'Duco' is a thing I'm going to seriously look into rather than specifying Nitro.
Not sure if the Duplicolour range of sprays, which have a clear lacquer, is the same animal?

I'm going to have to...

Great stuff, thanks for the effort of submitting this valuable info Durwood.:)

Sorry to put a spanner in the works, but alternative materials such as Kaowool are proven to be just as hazardous as asbestos when lodged in our lungs, man made ceramic fibres under a microscope also...

I'll give them a ring again tomorrow morning thanks and will ask for precat super dooper gloss this time....fingers crossed.

No luck getting any Nitro from our local Mirotone, the gloss is now obsolete.

Got in touch with Durobond, NSW,
1 Ltr 851 Guitar Lacquer Clear Gloss $36.30
1 Ltr 1220 Premium Lacquer Thinners...

Hey no probs thanks Barry, much appreciated:)

Thanks Barry, unfortunately the go here link doesn't work.
I'm assuming the thumbnails also link off to a URL same as the Insert Image?

Hi all, new here and finding the forum enjoyable and very informative.
What I'd like to know re; Pics in Posts is how do you add them 'Thumbnails' I've noticed in quite a few posts please?

I...

Hi Lou, yeah I recently tried some of the narrow iron on veneer strip stuff and ended up stripping it off and going for the real thing.
Apparently the glue on that stuff is melamine, but nowhere...

Thanks Rob, got some veneer from Otto's and shot around to George St and picked up a few sheets of 2000.
Know where to go now, thanks for that. Now to make a veneer 'sandwich' with G clamps on this...

Yep will go along with that Steve, been having trouble loading up pages myself recently.
Anyway, Sun Java will enable you to visit a lot more sites without stress when it isn't a server issue.
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Hi gang, I'm not suggesting what I have to say is your problem, but a lot of people are coming to me with their PC's saying they are having drama's loading up certain sites lately.

The first...

G'day Dayvo, I enjoy my visits to Otto's and sorting through all the many draws they have containing various thin veneer sheets. Get some other wood for making my moonshine homebrew as well...but...

Top thread:D

Live no more than a stones throw away from Bunnings, so its my home away from home. Spend $10,000 everytime I walk in the b....dy place.:rolleyes:

I just say "g'day" if there...

Top stuff, thanks for that Rob. Sounds like its not too far away from Otto's Timber yard where I get the sheets of veneer, think its Anne St., Stepney. Takes me ages to sort through all the burl...

Hi all, new to this here forum so please be gentle.

I'm teaching an over 50's group how to use PC's down at the local Community Centre.
The first thing I sorted out when the administrator showed...

Yikes!, also hurt my wifes table about a year ago and saved it while she was out shopping. When she got back I basically said to her that I was polishing the whole table rather than fixing one little...

I just sent an email off to this mob in NSW,
http://www.durobond.com.au/lacquers.htm
Hoping they'll send me in the right direction with their 851 Guitar Lacquer (Nitrocellulose)

Thanks fella's, 'semi-gloss', ouch!...thats what I have now compared to the original finish on this old acoustic guitar.
Was going to ring Miro - Camden Park tomorrow morning Tues., and check out...

Hi all, new here and stumbled on to this exciting forum through Mr. Google.
I was getting the feelers out looking for a nitro cellulose spray for my latest project, an old SaeHan acoustic/electric...