So hopefully a clever boffin here can help me out.Doing a tele project at present.. have a nicely relic'd tele body but a brand new neck.
Note: this thread will not descend into the relic debate.
I need to relic the neck to match the body. It's an eBay neck with beautiful flame and grain:
advertised as "laquer".
Trouble is, the damn stuff won't come off with acetone (nailvarnish), or even this stuff which I got this morning:
It definitely FEELS like laqquer to me, not poly. Any thoughts on what else I should try before accepting that it might be poly and I've jus lost my touch? Why would they advertise it as laquer though?!?
I am confused. Please send help
1979 Tokai TE-85
1980 Tokai LS-80
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Time to get the heat gun out...
1980 Tokai LS-80
Don't sweat it - it will be harder to remove, but generally, people on here have success with a heat gun and care. It peels off.
You might have a bit more trouble around the frets, but it should be doable. I've not done this myself, but I have 'aged' poly (in feel, not looks) with sandpaper - 320, 400 then 800 grit makes it matte and play really smooth and fast.
So if it's just a feel thing, it's easy. If it's a relic look, it'll be much more work, but still doable. I think I have a neck from the same manufacturer on my jazzmaster, which originally came from ch guitars. It's quite beautiful
Step away from the heat gun!!!
fine for stripping bodies if you are careful, not advisable for a neck at all. That much heat on a thin wood/metal item will cause damage
I use a scraper for bulk removal, a stanley knife blade works well and allows me to scrape ribbons of finish off, as soon as you get close to wood switch to sandpaper. i go to sandpaper because if you continue to scrape it may chatter when it hits the different material, not had this happen on nitro but it has on poly.
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1980 Tokai LS-80