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Test some things in the cavities. Thinners may work, even paint stripper.
If you are lucky the chemicals will work on the top layer but not touch the original finish.
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Seed trays or the like are handy, you can soak a paper kitchen towel in thinners and lay it on. After a few secs start to wipe off with it. It works but is quite messy and fumey, gloves, mask & outdoors etc. Once the worst is off go over with damper towels and wipe off the leftovers.
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The next owner (before me) stripped all of the white off using wire wool. It took months, but now I own a 'relic'ed' JP-6 Mystic Dream. And apart from a couple of dinks & a few scratches it's fine.
He sent me a Word doc with pictures showing the whole process - it's very impressive. I wouldn't have had the patience - but that's the key. Little by little
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Equal or better chance the clearcoat's two-pack/urethane which will be OK with celly thinners.
Started like this and you can see someone had already had a go at cleaning it up
thinners got right through the white pain, but didn't touch the splats
A cheap paint stripper did the rest, and didn't touch the original finish... but it was quite worn underneath
Just try any of the stuff recommended above and see what happens, worse case is you remove the original finish... but if that happens a clean up and oil would make it look pretty nice
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Nice save Wez, "de-pollocked" LOL. Enamel toughens with age, for a (usually) cheap paint it can be a bastard to get rid of.
That'll be catalysed polyester (aka Imron) NOTHING will get through that but a pneumatic hammer
I've done quite a few of this era Mats poly clean ups (inc a vs600 bass) and acetone was my method, soaked a small pub towel and rubbed it off no bother.
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