Strip Nitro from a Neck?

[J Posega]

I just got a used neck which was finished by the builder with a couple coats of nitrocellulose lacquer.

The previous owner put a lot of wear on it, in some places right down to the wood, and now the maple is dirty looking in spots. I’ve got a big bottle of Tru Oil and want to make the neck look almost new.

What is the best way to take nitro off a fretted maple neck and fretboard?

 

[Drredplate]

Genuine nitro should re dissolve in thinners and the majority of simply wiped off with a rag.
( I have done this after a cockup on a neck)

 

[Drredplate]

After removing with thinners (in uk I get them from an auto supplies shop)
You need to sand with fine sand paper 250 grit would be ok to render the neck sufficiently porous to take the oil
If for some reason the finish doesn’t re dissolve for whatever reason.
It’s cabinet scraper followed by sandpaper.

 

[Beej]

MEK, aka butanone should remove it forthwith.

 

[J Posega]

Thanks folks. That aligns with what I've read about using lacquer thinner. It's not going to be a fun procedure, but the neck doesn't look nicely relic'd right now, it just looks neglected and abused so I have to do it.