Lacqeur issues, so many issues

Okay, so I'm more of a lurker on here and generally just observe the often entertaining exchanges that occur.

However, I recently had a complete ballsup with some lacquer, requiring me to ask for some advice.

I powdercoated my frame, as the poor thing was looking awful and I couldn't afford a proper paintjob (student prices), and decided to lacquer it. Except once I was finished the coat turned into a kind of speckled weirdness, like the texture you find on cheap car dashboards. Although it looked interesting, like a matte paintjob, it wasn't quite what I'd imagined.

Being the genius I am I got some white spirit and cloth and got rubbing. Half a day later I have a patchy lacquered bicycle.

Does anyone have any inventive ideas for removing lacquer quickly and efficiently, as all this rubbing isn't constructive to writing a dissertation.

Many thanks.

Brasso,

What sort of lacquer is it? If it's alcohol based, use alcohol, etc.

thinners or petrol works if its just shit halfrauds spray.
why did you lacquer over powdercoat ?

Its not alcohol based, the main constituents are xylene and dimethyl ether.

I'm stupid enough to have used two half empty cans of different brands, one was the halfords petrol resistant one, so i'm not if petrol will help?

And as to why, the powdercoat was getting lots of little scratches from being locked up and it was just generally losing the shine it had when it was done. I did it on a bit of a whim really, whilst trying to avoid assignments...so I got what I deserved for being halfassed about it.

Cellulose thinners is what you need. Xylene is often a constituent of it.
Alternatively, Acetone will work and not touch the powder coat.

halfrauds is really shit stuff petrol will kill it. try some g3 rubbing compound to buff out the scratches. coat shouldnt mark up too much, just watch for chips cos it starts to flake off then.

Thanks for the help chaps, I'll endeavour to give it a good going over tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes

As people have said - thinners to remove the lacquer, then cutting compound to try to get the powdercoat back to a single colour.

I once thinnered an entire car that had been rattlecanned matte black. Not a job I want to repeat. I gave up halfway and drove it around with one side gold and one side black.

As expected. Cellulose thinner is working! it's attacked the powder coat around the lugs, as area which was particularly thin, but it's not the end of the world.