Stripping the finish off a neck

jonnygreentrees

I've got an Aria Pro II that's been in bits for a few years that was originally finished in an awful clownburst. 

I've stripped the body back to bare wood but was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for stripping the neck?

I don't really fancy sanding it as I may change the shape and it takes bloody ages.

Wood paint stripper work if I masked off the board?

For reference it started out like this

WezV

paint stripper probably won't work on that.

I tend to scrape most of the finish off the neck and finish up with sanding....  quicker than just sanding and no heat needed!

cabinet scraper  or a razor blade used as a scraper will do it fairly quickly

jonnygreentrees

WezV said:

paint stripper probably won't work on that.

I tend to scrape most of the finish off the neck and finish up with sanding....  quicker than just sanding and no heat needed!

cabinet scraper  or a razor blade used as a scraper will do it fairly quickly

ooh that sounds really dangerous, I'd be worried about taking chunks out of the neck wood!

WezV

jonnygreentrees said:

WezV said:

paint stripper probably won't work on that.

I tend to scrape most of the finish off the neck and finish up with sanding....  quicker than just sanding and no heat needed!

cabinet scraper  or a razor blade used as a scraper will do it fairly quickly

ooh that sounds really dangerous, I'd be worried about taking chunks out of the neck wood!

nah - is dead easy and less likely to reshape the neck than sanding through a thick hard finish.  Just remember you are scraping the finish, not the wood at this stage.  Stop when you get down to the wood

jonnygreentrees

will give it a go

SteveRobinson

The most dangerous bit is that shards of finish will fly off so wear some eye protection.