Liquid crystals (LCs) are known to act as good lubricants, however, the reason for this remains unclear. One contributing factor is thought to be the formation of ordered layers at the surface which grow out into the bulk, known as smectic wetting. We have recently developed a surface force style apparatus which combines neutron reflection with confinement of a thin LC film between a silicon surface and an inflated flexible membrane. A very recent experiment to confine three different cyanobiphenyls (6, 8 and 10CB) showed promising results, in particular for nematic 8CB. We would like to further quantify the effect of confinement using spin coated layers of 8CB which will determine the proportion of material in the smectic wetting layers compared with the nematic bulk and hence increase our understanding of this fundamental LC property.