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L. Presnall

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:01 am

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If a kid who sprayed his "standby" guitar with Home Depot type enamel wants it "shiny" now, can I spray laquer over it and buff it out for him? Or is there a compatibility issue? It's a Squire Stagemaster...not expensive, and it doesn't look too bad right now, just flat as opposed to glossy...it'd be a favor to him and kind of a pain for me, but if it's possible to shoot it with nitro I suppose I'll do it for him...

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Terry Stowell

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:00 pm

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Larry,

dip it in thin ca.

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joe white(old)

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:57 pm

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Traditionally, you can put enamel over lacquer but if you try to put lacquer over enamel it will attack the finish like paint stripper.

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Rick Turner

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:59 pm

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And, of course, it all depends on the definition of "enamel"...which is kind of like "varnish". It could be practically anything.

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Billy T

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:37 pm

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Lacquer will eat up oilbased enamel! If he got it from HD then that's probably what your looking at! Enamel over enamel is OK!

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FishtownMike

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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:56 am

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Try a polyurathane clear finish. I have done this when i was a young teen building my frankenstein strats built from parts. The poly worked well over the enamels that i used to buy from the Pepboys auto supply.

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L. Presnall

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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:41 am

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Mike,

Poly as in "brush on"? If that's the case, I think I'll let him do it!

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