Nah, not that kind of stripper.
Basically, I picked up a guitar body that looks pretty old, I have absolutely no idea what it is, in fact.
The seller toook this photo, unfortunately I didn't take a better photo before taking it apart-
He says he thinks it's a 70s matsumoku-made guitar. Don't know anything else about it. More importantly, I'm thinking of either
A) Stripping the lacquer, then refinishing it back in the same style.
B) Stripping the lacquer, then doing a white sparkle (look for my purple sparkle bass thread, and I'm almost done with a red sparkle strat, so I'm quite confident of a white sparkle on this)
Either way, I'll need to strip the finish. The last time I did something like this, I just relied on a massive amount of elbow grease and sandpaper, but this time I don't exactly want to do that and I'm thinking of venturing in the direction of a stripping product. Here are some shots of the finish:
I'm guessing it's a nitro based finish? I don't have much experience telling them apart. What should I try stripping it with? I don't have a power sander currently, and I think this will be my 2nd last project for quite a long while (at least until I move out of this apartment), so I don't intend to invest in one. So I guess I will have to work with a stripper?
Basically, I picked up a guitar body that looks pretty old, I have absolutely no idea what it is, in fact.
The seller toook this photo, unfortunately I didn't take a better photo before taking it apart-
He says he thinks it's a 70s matsumoku-made guitar. Don't know anything else about it. More importantly, I'm thinking of either
A) Stripping the lacquer, then refinishing it back in the same style.
B) Stripping the lacquer, then doing a white sparkle (look for my purple sparkle bass thread, and I'm almost done with a red sparkle strat, so I'm quite confident of a white sparkle on this)
Either way, I'll need to strip the finish. The last time I did something like this, I just relied on a massive amount of elbow grease and sandpaper, but this time I don't exactly want to do that and I'm thinking of venturing in the direction of a stripping product. Here are some shots of the finish:
I'm guessing it's a nitro based finish? I don't have much experience telling them apart. What should I try stripping it with? I don't have a power sander currently, and I think this will be my 2nd last project for quite a long while (at least until I move out of this apartment), so I don't intend to invest in one. So I guess I will have to work with a stripper?
