Nitro on the pegface of a poly finished neck?

[bassingeorge]

The title says it all...

I read somewhere that 70's (not exactly when) Fender basses had the pegface finished in Nitro so that the decal was not affected by urethane, present on the rest of the neck...

1. Can that be done?
Let's say I wanna replace the decal on my Squier to another one...
2. Do I have to take the finish off the pegface completely?
3. How do I blend the 2 finished together?

Reranch has tinted nitro I can use...

And I have bookmarked a tutoriol that I found here on talkbass.

Thanks much!

[Musiclogic]

You should have no problem, Nitrocellulose will rarely effect Poly, but spraying poly over Nitro is usually a wrinked mess. Make sure to prep the headstock with 600 and 800 to smooth, and give the decal a good gripping area. Only do the area of the decal to 800, the rest of the headstock will be fine with 600. Also, I would avoid spraying tinted lacquer over the decal, it will tint the decal, and that doesn't usually come out well. Spray the tinted lacquer first, then scuff to 600 when dry, do your decal and cover the decal with clear.

[bassingeorge]

Thanks! Sounds like a not to difficult task!

Now all I have to do is get the correct decal....Having trouble finding one for my 78' inspired P bass...

[Musiclogic]

If ya need help shoot me a pm, the decals are not too awful hard to find

[bassingeorge]

Ok, so I just bought the decals, figured why not go at it.

Now the wait is on...getting nitro asap!