(07-17-2021, 07:25 AM)RoyBoy Wrote:(07-16-2021, 07:53 AM)donovantyler Wrote: I would be surprised if it's water-based, I've not heard of any established builder of repute using water-based lacquer. Generally, it doesn't have the durability required. I would consider water-based lacquer to be about as far from nitrocellulose as you can get. I may be wrong about this, but I haven't heard Dana say anything about the actual content of his new finish, other than it cures really fast.
To address water-based lacquer, I have heard of small luthier shops using it. Whipple Creek for example uses a water-based lacquer, specifically "EM Tech 6000". The great flatpicker Robert Bowlin plays Whipple Creek guitars alongside his pre-war Martins.
