It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Airfix (no I'm not joking) does a small bottle of paint remover which is supposed to be really good for all paint types.
Shouldn't be too strong, and risk damaging anything else.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
If I'm wrong and you find something legally available over the counter which accidentally takes the original paint off too please tell us what it is, because nobody else has managed it!
DIY paintstripper (Nitromors) is relatively useless nowadays since DCM /methylene choride / dichlormethane was banned from domestic use by the EU. But car paint shop / bodyshop supplies will have stripper with it, Syn Strip is one but there's a few.
I have some neat DCM and soaked kitchen towels in it, laid that on covered in clingfilm, it softens 2k up. Messy and stinky. Need a mask (not a crappy dust mask).
Depending what the 'custom' paint is, DIY nitromors might soften it enough, if it's trowelled on it might be enamel, which a stripper should take care of.
Accidentally found once that ammonia gel oven cleaner takes off 2k and other things that even pre-ban Nitromors didn't touch. When in a cut, it keeps on & on stinging.. nasty stuff.
I did clean up an old aria cardinal bass someone had jackson pollocked with ordinary nitromors and elbow grease. Its eaxactly what I needed as it didn't touch the original paint at all
just depends what type of paint has been used on top
Instagram
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Instagram
Instagram
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Aircraft remover ( Epoxy stripper).
Albeit, you may have to take it to a professional paint removal company due to the Health & Safety issues - over the counter products as below, may not be the true spec. However, it strips two part poly like acetone strips nitro.
http://www.rust.co.uk/as10-resin-remover/p506326/
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/auto/paint-chemicals/aircraft-remover
Instagram
He only mentioned the neck pocket because it's the only area where you can see the original colour.
At least that's the way I read it.
This is the first guitar forum I have ever joined so I'm a virgin in terms of guitar related internet folklore and hackneyed mistruths. Most of my knowledge is acquired from personal experience with working on guitars catalysed by the numerous mistakes I've made along the way, reinforced with a little bit of theoretical assumptions through my understanding of physics.