Warning: My HVLP gun clogged solid on a big lacquer job yesterday afternoon.

I had to strip it down, soak the nozzle in acetone for 20 minutes, and still lost an hour of daylight finishing a client's eight dining chairs.

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3 Comments

fisher.diana3mo ago

Bet the humidity wrecked your lacquer's dry time.

angela_coleman2mo ago

Yeah I started adding retarder to my lacquer in summer and it helped a ton with that sticky cure.

sagey693mo ago

Ugh, humidity is the worst for that! Last summer I sprayed a clear coat and it turned into a sticky mess that never fully cured. The air felt like soup and my gun kept spitting. Had to sand the whole table back to bare wood in that awful muggy heat, total nightmare.