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I'm going to have a guitar refinished that I just got off ebay, it's got some chips that go to the wood and some wood has been broken off at the points (Dime 3 Stealth) so I want to remove the finish completely and fix those areas before I send it to be refinished, I don't trust the refinisher will respond to those issues properly since he is a autotmotive refinisher primarily but has had experience in guitar painting so I trust his ability, plus he will do a kick ass job with the graphic.
Okay so my question is, how do I remove the finish, I'm assuming it's finished in polyurethane (sp) because it looks FAR too thick to be nitro, and I doubt washburn would use nitro for this kind of guitar. Second, the guitar has beveled edges, whats the best way to approach this, Should I use a stripping agent like "Strip-Eze"? I'm not sure if I can get this in canada. Should I use another agent?
This is a set neck guitar, does that make a difference with what I use because of the necks glue joint? the neck and body are mahogany, and the body has a 3 1/4 of an inch maple cap on it, will this affect the product I use?,
the serial number and "made in usa" logos are stamped in the headstock, will I need to use a scraper to get the paint out of there or will the solvent be enough??, is it important to get the paint out of all the cavities too? trem, pickup etc... Should I tape the fretboard off, or use something stronger to mask the fretboard, I want to take the finish off the side of the fretboard, should I sand that part instead of using a chemical?
I've stripped 3 guitar bodies before, never a setneck, and I've only used sand paper and elbow grease! HOLY shit did that hurt, I did migrate to a palm sander, but it rounded the edges of a sharp guitar too much, I want to stay away from removing any wood material so this means MINIMAL sanding,
the guitar has a V shaped neck, I don't want to sand it since it's a slight V also the headstock has a large diamond shape volute on it, any tips?
I have more questions I'm sure, this is too long winded now
Chris
I'm going to have a guitar refinished that I just got off ebay, it's got some chips that go to the wood and some wood has been broken off at the points (Dime 3 Stealth) so I want to remove the finish completely and fix those areas before I send it to be refinished, I don't trust the refinisher will respond to those issues properly since he is a autotmotive refinisher primarily but has had experience in guitar painting so I trust his ability, plus he will do a kick ass job with the graphic.
Okay so my question is, how do I remove the finish, I'm assuming it's finished in polyurethane (sp) because it looks FAR too thick to be nitro, and I doubt washburn would use nitro for this kind of guitar. Second, the guitar has beveled edges, whats the best way to approach this, Should I use a stripping agent like "Strip-Eze"? I'm not sure if I can get this in canada. Should I use another agent?
This is a set neck guitar, does that make a difference with what I use because of the necks glue joint? the neck and body are mahogany, and the body has a 3 1/4 of an inch maple cap on it, will this affect the product I use?,
the serial number and "made in usa" logos are stamped in the headstock, will I need to use a scraper to get the paint out of there or will the solvent be enough??, is it important to get the paint out of all the cavities too? trem, pickup etc... Should I tape the fretboard off, or use something stronger to mask the fretboard, I want to take the finish off the side of the fretboard, should I sand that part instead of using a chemical?
I've stripped 3 guitar bodies before, never a setneck, and I've only used sand paper and elbow grease! HOLY shit did that hurt, I did migrate to a palm sander, but it rounded the edges of a sharp guitar too much, I want to stay away from removing any wood material so this means MINIMAL sanding,
the guitar has a V shaped neck, I don't want to sand it since it's a slight V also the headstock has a large diamond shape volute on it, any tips?
I have more questions I'm sure, this is too long winded now
Chris
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