10-18-2009, 02:25 PM
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Ultimate Warrior
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wake Forest, NC
Posts: 2,073
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paint guy
Would NOT recommend painting over the lacquer,no matter how good of condition it is in now.Lacquer will get "short"(brittle)with age,no matter if you "seal" it or not,when it cracks(and it will sooner or later)it will ruin any finish you put over the top of it.
As the above post,suggests,any cheap lacquer thinner,or gun cleaner,as long as is has ketone solvent(s)in it,will work.Look for MEK,MIBK,acetone,etc.
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I suspected that would be the correct answer beacuse of the way lacquer cures but didn't know for certain.
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