How to Lacquer Tweed??

[Structo]

Did the Polyshades take a long, long time to dry?

I used some on my amp cradle and I hated it.

[amplifiednation]

It took a couple hours. It was a nice day I just left it outside in the sun.

[epis]

I know this is an old post but I'm gonna ask anyway. What are you guys sticking the tweed down with before you lacquer?

I used ordinary carpenter glue on mine recent build. The glue cured hard and kept the resonance of the uncovered pine.
Another advantage, didn't smell. It gives you a lots of time to work on seams, angles and corners.
Only disadvantage is if you want to recover it in the future, it would be PIA to remove old tweed.
I applied two coats of sanding sealer to tweed, six coats of shellac and two coats of Varathane.

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[telentubes]

I use hide glue for gluing on tweed. Mix glue granules with water, and heat to 140 degrees. Thin it down a bunch. Dries crystalline hard overnight. It's the glue that was used back in the day. Works really well.
Then I paint on shellac tinted with Colortone dyes. I'm after a road worn beer stained splotchy look, which is way easier than a uniform color.
If I wanted uniform, I would probably spray instead of brush.

[tubelectron]

I would have lacquered the tweed of my small Gretsch G5222-VCM, but unfortunately, the adequate products are difficult to find here in France.

De guerre lasse, I finally just applied one coat of clear satin polyurethane finish (Vernis Satiné Polyuréthane Longue Durée SYNTILOR !) and find that the result was acceptable compared to the original condition :

Before :
[img:411:404]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/450314gretschos4.jpg[/img]

After :
[img:800:713]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/704790IMG0636red.jpg[/img]

A+!