Clear coat over signatures.

**Joe Mendel** · Nov-10-2004, 4:24pm

Any suggesttions what to overspray an electric guitar with, that has a bunch of autographs on it? It's a Yamaha, so I'm sure it's some type of polyesther finish on the guitar. The signature are in some type of silver marker. A customer thinks this low end guitar is suddenly valuable because some morons wrote their names on it, all writing is totally un-intelligible. Thanks. I'm trying talk them out of this.

**sunburst** · Nov-10-2004, 4:36pm

Shellac would probably work...tho talking him out of it sounds better

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**Luthier Vandross** · Nov-10-2004, 5:39pm

Tape.

(electrical tape)

hah

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**Joe Mendel** · Nov-10-2004, 8:14pm

Thanks guys, disaster has been averted. I refused the job. I tend to use duct tape for the good jobs. When ever I see instruments with writing on them, I always think that if it were mine, I kick whoever wrote on it's butt then try to get that stuff off.

**kudzugypsy** · Nov-12-2004, 5:50am

yeah, wouldnt you be sitting pretty when you destroyed their prized investment grade instrument by overspraying it and having the sovents break down and smear the signatures. i see this sometimes and laugh, some band signs a $99 epiphone guitar, (usually some charity benefit) and the owner puts it on ebay for $10,000.