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Yes you can. You should always check for compatibility of products, but generally an epoxy coating can be top-coated.

Link to Sherwinn Williams Macro-poxy with top-coat recommendations:

http://www.paintdocs.com/webmsds/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=STORECAT&doctype=PDS&lang=E&prodno=B58W610

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take a light sand paper first and scratch the poly and then put the putty on make sure it is a color match and re-polyurethane

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Sometimes people do this to get an antique look, I can't think of any other reason to do this.

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Yes you can. Lightly sand the shellaced surface to remove any gloss, then coat with the polyurethane.

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Varnish is unlikely to stick to polyurethane; it's designed to soak into porous wood, not to chemically bond to a compound like polyurethane.

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Yes, you can

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