About This Course

Welcome to the Robert O’Brien Online Catalyzed Urethane Finishing Course. This course, filmed and presented by Jeff Jewitt of Homestead Finishing Products, will teach you everything you need to know to do a professional catalyzed urethane sprayed finish over a polyester basecoat. Jeff literally wrote the book on Spray Finishing and in this video course shares his knowledge and experience on how to master a factory quality catalyzed urethane sprayed finish. In the video course Jeff demonstrates the process using urethane as a finish but the tips and techniques presented here can be applied to a variety of sprayed finishes. Everything from surface preparation to final buffing to a high gloss is covered.

Finishing has always been a tedious process for luthiers. Follow along as Jeff demystifies the entire finishing process making it much easier for you to achieve the same high quality results as factories. The course was filmed in High Definition and contains 3.5 hours of quality video instructions with all the ins and outs of how to do a professional catalyzed urethane sprayed finish.

Learn about:

• What an isolante is and why/how to use it
• Why polyester and urethane
• What do dry, cure and burn in mean
• How to use dry transfer decals
• Spraying basecoats
• Sanding the finish
• Spraying topcoats
• CA glue for finish repairs
• Dry sanding vs. wet sanding
• Leveling and buffing to a high gloss
• How to remove the finish in the bridge area

Please read the FAQ page before beginning. To begin just register/login and purchase the video lessons.

It has never been easier to learn how to do a professional quality sprayed finish. Happy Finishing!