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use your weather station

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use your weather station

GaryG in MD

The difference between intellectual knowledge of facts and practical application sometimes evades me.

I turn outside, and finish outside, and we have been having rain every day since the dawn of history (or so it seems), so when I saw the blank spot on the radar (right after a big storm went by), I had to get the lathe out!

I just learned the hard way that when my personal "weather station" says the humidity is 80% outside, at 7:30 p.m., nearing dusk, I should not be spraying lacquer even though I still have enough light to see what I'm doing. I knew that well enough so that I could have answered the question if somebody had asked me, but nobody asked, so I did it anyway. Duh!

Lesson learned -- always the hard way, of course.

A quick Google of the subject says 65% max. I can believe that.

...GG

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#2

George Balock

Re: use your weather station

George Balock

I’m going to guess that it hazed on you. Bummer. Time to get out the lacquer thinner and rags.

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#3

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Dick Coers

If you aren't using a rattle can, you can get retarder to slow the drying and reduce the chance of blush. Or even a gallon of thinner that has the retarder added. We always called it "slow" thinner. You'll need to get it at a good automotive paint supplier. I guess they still sell it, haven't bought it in a long time.

Lighter coats can also get you by sometimes with regular thinner. Heavy coats will definately not work. We are way behind with rain here in Peoria, Il. Grass is dead, even the weeds don't look good!

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#4

yes, it did haze...

GaryG in MD

...but surprisingly, when I came back to it later, it had cleared.

I didn't know that was possible.

It was a rattle can, so I had no options other than to not spray then, which would have been wise.

I learned my lesson and came out with a success anyway. Two for two. ...GG

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#5

Re: yes, it did haze...

Bill Boehme

My shop is also the great outdoors. The quickest way to remove blush from lacquer is to take it inside my air conditioned shop where the absolute humidity is much lower than it is outside. I will set the thermostat to about 66° F and set the piece a few feet in front of the air conditioner. The white blush will usually clear up in a few minutes.

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