b'FinishingModern lacquers are very unpleasant and have to be respected. Im using a filtered, air fed mask, coat, gloves and a big extractor fan with filters to catch all the overspray.We are now in the black hole of guitar making, where guitars go in and never come out.Preparing the wood before the first coat of lacquer cannot be rushed, and there is no room for mistakes when the wood is only two millimetres thick. Guitar making is unique in wood work, and guitar finishing is unique in the wood finishing industry.The finish will make or break the guitar, it is very hard work, and very difficult. If you dont do this part of the work yourself, you are not making the guitar, somebody else is. Opposite page: A fairly typical batch of guitars ready for the first coat of lacquer, the change in appearance after that first coat is astonishing. 186'