Mohawk Guitar Toner Lacquer - Starcast Amber 13 oz

Great product but don’t be fooled by the label color. This is a red color. My photos show the amber color I used as tinted lacquer as the first coat and my air spray gun. The red is from the can.

Cheap is expensive

Right, so I bought this because I didn’t want to pay StewMac $30 for a can of vintage amber lacquer. I figured hey, amber lacquer, may as well.I tested it on a Squier Bullet neck that has a small twist in it, since if I messed it up (which I did!) it wouldn’t be a big deal.I went way too heavy with it, so I’ve got a little more of an orange color than amber, but if I would have put maybe 2/3 as much on there it would have nailed the color I was looking for. I still might sand it all off and try it again, but that’s not the paint’s fault.Basically for half the price of StewMac, I’d say it’s great. Just go easy on it, really light coats, and it’ll give you what you’re looking for.

While assembling a partscaster project, I wanted to try a spray lacquer for the neck instead on a wipe-on stain. While I practiced on scrap wood first, it was still a little darker than I would have liked, but it does provide a rich, vintage look on a maple neck. Sealed with a few quick coats of lacquer, the neck looks great and I have plenty left over for the next project. It arrived sooner than I was expecting. Wear your gloves and mask in a well ventilated area while using; I applied this outside on a warm, breezy day and I could still smell the fumes through an n95 respirator!

I use this product for vintage coloring on maple guitar necks and also as the base/center color for both cherry and traditional sunburst finishes on guitar bodies. Not to give up trade secrets, but I also use a light coat over dark and dark stained woods before clear coating. I call it my "Midas Coat" as it gives a touch of golden warmth to the wood's highlights. This product is much better than ReRanch neck Amber which turns your wood banana yellow by the time you build up some color and does not go pumpkin orange under lacquer like some products. Also, the nozzles spray very fine droplets so you can "mist" it on from a distance and build your color gradually.

This is a great toner and gos a long way plus it is the right color .

This can be a beautiful color used sparingly. It builds very quickly and as you can see, it is very orange/red the more coats you use. It is good for covering imperfections and coloring differences in the wood. It dries quicker than most lacquer

The tint was a little more orange than I was expecting, but I made it work. It dried very smooth and the project came out well.