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DIY Nitromors and the like are pretty poor for it since EU regs enforced a change, but bodyshop strippers still contain DCM aka dichlormethane aka methylene chloride which is the thing to look for. You can get them on fleabay in the vehicles area, keywords like 'trade' and 'heavy duty' and suchlike should dig 'em out.
Ive dealt with them in the past, they know a lot about conservation etc. They really know their stuff so if the web site doesn't help (especially this http://www.stripperspaintremovers.com/I_want_to_remove.htm ) give them a call.
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This was a nitro-finished board, and it was easy to do as the finish had worn very thin over the years. Poly might take a bit more application, if anyone else here has similar experience they might want to weigh in.
I got this hint from a guy on TDPRI who stripped a poly Tele board using the technique above.
I've done the same, it worked OK, have to watch for digging in esp at the edges, have to scrape quite hard so it's easy to wobble the blade a bit. Smoothed the board after with a 1/4" quare wood stick with sandpaper, a quick going-over sorts it. The back of the neck & headstock sanded off - proper paper & blocks makes pretty short work of it.
If going paintstripper get some Synstryp or other bodyshop stripper, same price difference as DIY ones but more powerful, if bodyshops
I would also scrape, or go for a re-fret and re-sand the board in the process
You do need to develop your scraping technique. As mentioned above its easy to dig in if you get the angle and pressure wrong.
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Better to take a long time than to damage the maple as if you do take a chunk out somehow you can't really use the glue/dust filling technique that you can with rosewood or ebony. Or at least I don't believe it'd look as good.
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So you combined paint stripper and using a blade?
People in the thread have mentioned EU rules on what chemicals we can get etc, so what is the strongest paint remover I'll actually be able to get? Thanks.
Bodyshop strippers, heavy duty strippers like I said, they still contain DCM which is what got removed from DIY products but is still there in 'trade' products - which anyone can still get so it's all a bit daft!
Synstrip is a well-known one but might not come in small quantities; ebay paint places sell 'heavy duty' stripper in 1 litre cans though. Some of these are unbranded cans which will be branded put into smaller cans, to sell better. If you got a named one you can hunt for the data sheet/MSDS for it, to see what's in it - dichlormethane, methylene chloride, DCM are the same thing.
I masked the neck sides with 2 layers of masking tape.I worked very quickly removing the loose finish and wiping clean inbetween coats.
MIJ Strat was redone in rustins the Wolgang in gun oil.Gun oil is easier to work with.The wolfgang needed a silk finish.This was done by using the finisher that comes with the gun oil.Obviously there were a number of coats and going through the grades in between.