Thanks for the replies.
I've read a lot of the articles Mike has posted and found a wealth of info,I'm still reading them as I find them.
I agree that 2 days is too soon to try to finish lacquer, I guess I was just testing to see if I had enough paint to clean up the surface without breaking...
I've read as much as I can find and I'm still not sure how to proceed. I've got a '63 vette roadster that I just resprayed with a dark blue metallic acrylic lacquer, 3 coats ss base then 3 coats of clear. It was done a week ago. No sanding was done between the coats so I do have a fair amount...