Pleasant Surprise? Stripping a Dean Guitar...I think???

[Trus1te]

I'm still stripping it. I'm pretty sure I just took off a paint job done w/ polyeurethane as it has taken me over 10 hours of stripping.

I was going to give it an acetone bath once all of the black came off, then sand it down to 220 and apply grain filler, then stain, then clear coat (going to go the laquer-nitro route)

 

[draftsmann]

For the benefit of the OP, and as somebody has mentioned tung oil and Tru Oil in the same sentence - they are not the same thing at all. Despite the name, Tru Oil is not, strictly speaking, an oil finish; but is actually a varnish. A very good one too, as it happens. My personal choice would be Tru Oil - it's easy to use and gives an excellent durable finish.

As an aside, it's made primarily for gunstock finishing. In the gun trade, the traditional finish was rubbed linseed oil - a very longwinded procedure. I'm guessing, but maybe Tru Oil was given its name in reference to the traditional oil finish. The result, if done well, can be as good.

 

[jmorbita]

Tru Oil is not, strictly speaking, an oil finish; but is actually a varnish. A very good one too, as it happens. My personal choice would be Tru Oil - it's easy to use and gives an excellent durable finish.

As an aside, it's made primarily for gunstock finishing. In the gun trade, the traditional finish was rubbed linseed oil - a very longwinded procedure. I'm guessing, but maybe Tru Oil was given its name in reference to the traditional oil finish. The result, if done well, can be as good.

That was very educational! I was not aware of that. Interesting.