enamel over top of Laquer?

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enamel over top of Laquer?

Postby Dundee Denny » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:03 pm

As I hit the new topic button, know this is a "old topic"

One more time please..........

What combination does each other play well together???

Thanks Tons!!

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Re: enamel over top of Laquer?

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:18 pm

With the first statement being, "don't do it anyway", here's what I know...

Lacquer is "hot" (lots of volatile carrier), so it could make a mess over enamel is that isn't very old. But with a good primer, it should be fine on older, fully cured enamel. Enamel would almost certainly dissolve a layer of lacquer before it solidified, as it takes forever to fully cure. I imagine there could be mush as a result.

I have been lucky the few times I did some striping on an enamel car, using lacquer to get a very thin profile.
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Re: enamel over top of Laquer?

Postby Dundee Denny » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:29 pm

Thanks tons!!!

I like the enamel red over the laquer red, on my AMX project, of course I already have an laquer primer down.

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Re: enamel over top of Laquer?

Postby dreinecke » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:05 am

Denny,

I find I'm usually able to shoot Testors and Tamiya enamel over Duplicolor Automotive primer. Past that though, I don't like to "test" my projects too much LOL.
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Re: enamel over top of Laquer?

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:45 am

Like I say, the rule rule is, "Don't do it". Mixing layers of different materials just isn't wise for any reason. But you might get lucky and get away with it, by what David and I have said.
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