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| Author: | L. Presnall [ 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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| Author: | Terry Stowell [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:00 pm ] |
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Larry, dip it in thin ca. |
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| Author: | joe white(old) [ 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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| Author: | Rick Turner [ 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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| Author: | Billy T [ 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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| Author: | FishtownMike [ 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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| Author: | L. Presnall [ 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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