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Old 09-25-2007, 07:18 AM
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ive just recently bought a jackson pro bass erm n i wanna strip the body down spray it with an off white colour and then coat it with purple pearlessent paint my question is do i need to give a coat with a laquer or something to get the shine back it originaly had im asking this purely because although i know how to paint the body im not too sure what to do to finish it someone mentioned polyurethane to me shud use that or somthing else?
or could i use hammerite paint i think that would look really good in red but would it damage or affect the body n any way?
jus a thought
thanx a lot
fresh128
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heres the link to a pic of it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=011

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Old 09-25-2007, 04:13 PM
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Please search this forum - there is a great deal of info. Also see Reranch.com.

I recommend acrylic lacquer, but it's a lot more fragile than poly.
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