{"id":2686,"date":"2025-07-13T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2025-07-13T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:26:20","slug":"adjust-lacquers-for-weather-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/adjust-lacquers-for-weather-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Solve LACQUER Over-Spray and Orange-Peel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting the most from your Lacquer Finishes
\n<\/strong><\/span>When & Why To Use<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/span>Flash-Off™ Control Solvent & Lacquer Blush Retarder<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Lacquer Retarder helps avoid Blushing\u00a0 caused by Cold Humid Wet Weather <\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>L<\/strong>acquer retarder is used to help eliminate \u201cblushing\u201d, the white foggy look caused <\/span>by HIGH humidity or rainy and cool\/cold weather. This blush sometimes is only observed in areas where the build of the coating is thicker such as bull-nosed edges.<\/span>
\nB<\/strong>lush retarder keeps the finish wet longer allowing the trapped moisture to escape the coating. Another advantage is an even flow of the lacquer.<\/span>
\nTo Eliminate
\nOrange <\/em>P<\/em>e<\/em>e<\/em>l <\/em>& Over<\/em>-S<\/em>pray, <\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Use<\/em> Flash-Off Control Solvent<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0–<\/span><\/em> The Hot Weather Additive<\/em><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/em>
\nGenerally,
\nBlush Retarder Is Overused.<\/strong>
\nIn cases of orange peel or overspray,
\nFlash-Off™<\/sup> Control Solvent is the best choice to solve the problem.F<\/strong>lash-Off™<\/sup> Control is used to improve the flow of lacquers and lacquer sealers without slowing the overall drying time.
\nThe addition of a few ounces of Flash-Off™<\/sup> Solvent per gallon of lacquer will solve orange peel and overspray roughness.
\nFlash-Off™<\/sup> Control Solvent will improve flow<\/strong> and yield overall film smoothness.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n		Flash-Off Control Solvent Use:<\/strong><\/span>
\nA<\/strong>dd 3 to 5 ounces, Flash-OFF per gallon, <\/span>to Mohawk air dry nitrocellulose, <\/span>pre-catalyzed and post-catalyzed lacquer coatings. More Flash-Off™<\/sup> may be added, up to10% by volume if needed, but that will increase dry time.<\/span>
\nDO NOT<\/u><\/strong> add Flash Off Control to water base lacquers or conversion varnishes. <\/strong><\/span>
\n(NOT for use with Shellac)
\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAbout Lacquer Thinners<\/strong>:<\/span>
\nAvoid Overuse of Lacquer Thinner <\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>M<\/strong>ost lacquers come ready to spray. This includes Pre & Post Catalyzed, Air Dry, Instrument & Piano lacquers. If the spray gun is set properly, add Lacquer Thinner only as absolutely necessary to achieve a proper spray pattern. Adding more thinner does not help the flow-out or drying time.<\/span>
\nControl lacquer flow-out with Flash-Off Control Solvent.<\/span> If blushing is the problem, use a small percentage of blush retarder.<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>L<\/strong>acquer solids generally are somewhere between 20% – 25% solids and formulated to be, Air Quality VOC\u2019s (volatile organic compounds \/ smog pre-cursers<\/em>), compliant as labeled. Adding thinner will result in a non-compliant coating. Excess thinner or reducer results in a thinner coat of finish,
\nthus requiring additional coats to achieve the required appearance and enough thickness to provide a protective coating.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Flash-Off Control Solvent Use:
\nAdd 3 to 5 ounces, Flash-OFF per gallon, to Mohawk air dry nitrocellulose,
\npre-catalyzed and post-catalyzed lacquer coatings. More Flash-Off™ may be added, up to10%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4,16,1,3],"tags":[19,6,13],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-finishes","category-mohawk-behlen-finishing","category-new-additions","category-data-sheets","category-wood-finishing-info","tag-mohawk-finishing","tag-new","tag-notes","category-17-id","category-4-id","category-16-id","category-1-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellac.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}