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You’ve got me intrigued, why?
Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone aka MEK) is also great for stripping nitro (better than acetone in my experience) but will also dissolve the plastic binding so be careful.
old as in 10 years old with 2 layers of previous refinishes from the previous owner,so no pitch forks required
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
The pure acetone is working well and not harming the bindings, unfortunately the top coat was done with a brush and something the the acetone won’t eat, so that’s some off with much scraping down to the nitro Pelham blue underneath.
Pics to follow.
Making some decent progress now after quite a few hours of stripping!
2 coats of sanding sealing
2 coats of Manchester Guitar Techs finest Gold Top
1 coat of MGT clear red
Ready for binding scraping, clear coats and a final coat of tinted clear as I’m going for an aged finish.
Progress pics here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/sqLmSu3
Inspiration:
https://imgur.com/gallery/pyHD7s9
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
Thanks @ESchap I ended up using the gold after doing a bit of research, I wouldn’t mind trying on with silver as well.
The stop tail needs ageing and the Wizz pup rings have been changed to black. Bridge is a placeholder until my converter posts arrive.
This will be getting another coat of clear nitro and some vertical ES style weather checking
I'm having a blonde moment with embedding the pics if someone could do the honours
https://imgur.com/a/Fa7bWhb
http://imgur.com/a/Fa7bWhb