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Old 08-10-2006, 01:10 PM
Freeman Freeman is offline
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I refinished an old dobro that had been spray painted black. I removed the neck and all the metal parts and used standard brush on stripper. Fortunately the neck did not need stripping so I didn't have to deal with bindings, inlays, decals, or anything else. Chemical strippers will wreck havoc with anything like bindings, pickguards, etc.

While there are a number of ways stains and 'burst are applied, some are stained directly into the wood (others are applied in finish layers). It might be very difficult to remove these stains.

Guitar finishing in itself is a bit of an art. I know you say you've refinished furniture but most guitar finishes are sprayed lacquers done while the guitar is apart (at least the neck is off). You might want to get Erlewine's book on guitar finishing from StewMac, particularly if you want to try to redo the stain.

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