Spraying over Polyurethane?

[apa]

Im intending to respray a body which is poly. Ive researched and apparently you can spray nitro straight onto it although that seems to be a little debatable!!

Question is Im not too fussed about using nitro so is there a stock rattle can other than nitro I can use thats compatable with a poly finish?

Id rather not take it back to bare wood.

cheers

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[brensabre79]

You can get poly in rattle cans, its a lot easier to put on than nitro. I'd give it a rub with 600 sandpaper first. Plastic-cote has worked for me in the past.

[apa]

Thanks brensabre. Ive had mixed results with plasti-kote before. Its an acrilic isnt it?

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[brensabre79]

Yes I think so. I've also used Halfords clear car spray which turned out ok, doesn't pool as nicely as the Plastic-cote stuff though so you have to be a bit more careful with even coverage.

[brensabre79]

FWIW All Fender nitro finishes from the 60s onwards are nitro over poly, they dip the bodies in something called Fullerplast (basically its plastic) before spraying on the nitro (even natural finish ones) and the necks too. So you should be ok with Nitro over Poly.

[LawrenceH]

I've sprayed Halfords acrylic and plastikote over 2-pack poly (factory) with no problems whatsoever

[apa]

Exellent stuff thanks for that guys

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