As far as finishing goes I know it needs to be a Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish. Sounds easy enough.... NOPE, the most popular manufacturer of these product is no longer in existence.. After reading dozens and dozens of guitar message boards, blogs, you name it, no one has found an exact replacement of these products. What I did find out was the company in question, Lawrence McFadden was bought by Seagrave Coatings. So i'm thinking this is a slam dunk, Seagrave is in NJ, a few phone calls and I can get the product. Well, after a few phone calls to the Seagrave Chemist, we were able to find the new part numbers for the old McFadden product. The customer service lady Lisa sent me to the one distributor they have and I call them.
I have dealt with quite a few bad receptionists in my job, but none has been such a pitbull as this. This lady was the anti-salesperson. She could not be bothered by questions and would not put me in contact with a salesperson. The distributor would not ship, they wont deliver to NJ, and the only possibility would be to take a day off from work and go to Brooklyn to order and pay for the 2 tiny cans I need. Buying direct from Seagrave was out of the question cause I would need to buy 250 cans of each product.
So i'm going to change my strategy. I've been researching different ways to finish the guitar, and I have decided to use something called the ReRanch method. www.reranch.com This guy Bill basically loads all the products you will need to do a finishing job in spray cans. All the products are Nitrocellulose based which is what I want, and the instructions on the website are some of the best i have ever seen. So the next step will be to order the finishing products..... But with that comes probably the hardest decision... What color do I paint this thing....
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