I live in California and therefore cannot drive to a local paint store and get real lacquer for cabinet webbing. What's a guy to do? I believe I can get nitrocellulose lacquer locally. Does anyone have experience using nitrocellulose lacquer for webbing?

What about stuff that I can buy online. Assuming that the seller will ship it to me, there are numerous options but I really can't tell from the descriptions what kind of lacquers the stuff online is or if it would work for webbing.

I know I'm not the first to run up against this problem. I really want to learn to do it properly but need good material to work with. What have others done?

But I don't live in Cali. I live in California!

Thanks for the offer but I tried Montana webbing. I also tried Krylon. Both are decent products but too thick compared to original stock. I really want to find a source for good lacquer that I could use to shoot out of a gun.

I'm going to try this on my next one. I've got all that stuff minus the siphon feed touch up gun which is cheap at harbor freight.

Just realized that I never followed up on this. I tried the method of unloading a rattle can of webbing into a siphon feed touch up gun. It took a bit of fiddling with gun and pressure adjustment but ultimately worked great. I highly recommend this method.

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Krylon. I diluted approximately 1 oz of webbing with 1/4 oz lacquer thinner.

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Agreed - Montana or Krylon can be used straight out of the can if you don't mind a heavier than factory web. Thinning it is key to a lighter, more subtle web like the original. Distance from the surface is also an important factor when karate chopping. You're basically tossing strings of paint through the air.