Rustin's Pc Over Acrylic Lacquer Colour Coat?

[S F Thompson]

Folks,

I'm constructing a semi-hollow and I plan on painting the sides a solid colour whilst dying the top and back. My goal is to have a consistent, easy to apply, hard finish. Rustin's PC looks like just the thing. I know the dye is compatible with Rustin's PC, but is good ol' auto acrylic lacquer in a rattle can also compatible with Rustins? The dye and acrylic finishes will be separated by binding so I don't need to worry about them interacting.

Thanks and best regards,

Steve

[Denis]

I seem to remember a thread that said PC could be applied over just about anything, but can't find that thread.

Why not just spray a test with your rattle can in the way that you want to do your guitar, let it dry/cure and then try a few coats of PC and see what the result is?

Denis

[Prostheta]

Odd that. I'm considering doing this to one of my builds. Basically, grainfill, prime, colour then RPC.

[WezV]

when we tried it it went on ok put peeled off as soon as you ran your thumb along the finish - just didnt adhere well

re were refinishing a guitar we had previously sprayed with acrylic lacquer with a few fresh coats of RPC

that wasnt spray can lacquer - but it was definately acrylic, always test on scrap

[WezV]

whoops!!

[Prostheta]

Ah well - thanks for the heads up Wez! I've been looking at other options, such as mixing a flake or pearl in the RPC for the base layers and building up with black tinted from there. I'll stick with total black methinks.