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weslewis

Post subject: Removing finish

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:59 am

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First name: wes
Last Name: Lewis
City: Garland
State: Tx.
Zip/Postal Code: 75044
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I have tried stripper, scraping ,and routing off the finish with a dremel on my stew Mac base! And haven't been pleased with the results with any of these methods .
What are your preferred methods? gaah

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violinvic

Post subject: Re: Removing finish

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:06 pm

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Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:49 pm
Posts: 273
First name: Victor
Last Name: Seal
City: Osseo
State: MI
Zip/Postal Code: 49266
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Tell us a little about the finish and what is the finish on? If a luthiers scraper won't take it off, I don't know what will. Pals, Vic.

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weslewis

Post subject: Re: Removing finish

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:50 pm

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Em6000

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B. Howard

Post subject: Re: Removing finish

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:21 pm

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Location: Magnolia DE
First name: Brian
Last Name: Howard
City: Magnolia
State: Delaware
Zip/Postal Code: 19962
Country: United States
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Klean Strip KS-3 Premium stripper. Has taken off anything I have put it up against. Wear good protective gear! Stuff burns exposed skin pretty badly real quick.

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jac68984

Post subject: Re: Removing finish

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:52 pm

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First name: Aaron
Last Name: Craig
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

I have been using Citristrip stripping gel and like it. It is thick and should be brushed on in a heavy coat. In 30 minutes, with EM6000, the gel dries, and the finish and stripper come right off sort of like rubber cement. I only strip to within 1/8 or so of scribe and use a very sharp chisel to carefully remove the last bit of finish. It has worked well for me so far.

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