Originally Posted by
Pickngrin
Interesting. Thanks for the info. I might try the Danish oil. I really like the way your Strat body looks. Did you apply some kind of stain first?
I don't know what kind of finish is on the bass now (factory finish), so I'm not sure how to strip it. Also, it just occurred to me yesterday that perhaps the weather is too cold for me to be doing a project like this now.I don't know what temperature range these finishes need to be applied... any ideas?
The stain (walnut) was already in the danish oil. The temps. for the stain, whatever kind, will be on the can. I stained mine in the laundry room on about hundred old newspapers to keep the mess down. The temp was around 70 degrees F. The body had no binding, nothing fancy, and I wasn't too concerned about keeping it original. I didn't care much for the finish, and the headstock was messed up before I got the guitar.
The finish on mine seemed to be polyester... it was the hardest coating I ever tried to remove. I coated the entire guitar body in aircraft stripper 3 times and left it closed up in a garbage bag each time to facilitate the process. I did it in warm weather, also. It finally softened up around the neck pocket enough I could start "peeling" it, if you will, with a small putty knife. Once I had the worst of it off, I used a D/A sander to finish it. The very last fine sanding and steel wool I did by hand. I finished with "0000" steel wool, then wiped it clean with a tack rag, then rubbed the Danish oil on w/ a couple of clean old tee-shirts that were worn out. I always save old cotton tee's in case I need soft lint free cloth. After 3 or 4 coats of oil, I just buffed on it 'till I got a nice satiny sheen... Hope that helps.
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal