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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:12 pm
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The consensus would appear to be that there is no known reliable way to remove a full coat of spray paint while leaving the underlying finish intact, or even in a condition where it could be restored. You would need a solvent that affects the blue paint only. There is no viable alternative to stripping the body and refinishing, unless you want to try chipping away slowly in the hope that you don't encounter a patch that can't be removed.

The folks at this forum are as friendly and helpful as they can be, but sometimes the desired outcome cannot be reached as simply as might be hoped. I would view this as an opportunity to learn how to finish a guitar, or to take it to someone who will give you whatever finish you want (if you're not practically inclined; despite my best intentions I know that I'm not) -- after all, you're not going to make it any worse by removing it altogether, and you got it cheap enough to justify a refinish.


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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:17 pm
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Well really you picked the wrong forum section to post the question on. Customshop guitar owners aren't generaly very experienced at removing paint from their expensive guitars.

What I would do is try repatedly going over the guitar with something like a car windscreen plastic ice scraper. Chemical treatments will eat into urethane, heat will scorch it. A gentle acid may help if you can work outwards from the area that now has blue paint missing from it. I'd wipe it onleave it 5 seconds to soak in, then get to work with a clean cloth. Wipe with a bit of force, so your kind of pushing the topcoat of blue paint. Not a guaranteed method at all. It may work, it may eat through the original finish. I'd start that in a inconspicuous area like under the pickguard. I wouldnt start with anything stronger than lemon juice, and like I said dont leave it soaking in for ages. Get it on, then a few seconds to soak in, then get it off. If it has a minimal result try something a little more acidic (coca cola is a good one. Drop a penny into a glass of coke and watch it come out shiney after a hour.). If you eat into the original finish you will have to try something less acidic.

No hard and fast rules with this one, I'm afraid. It's trial and error.

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Post subject: OK, Now we're gettin' somewhere..........
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:24 pm
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Got a reply from customer care. Turns out this is a polyurethane finish on this instrument and I have been advised to use paint thinner on it, but NOT lacquer thinner. Well, between the paint thinner and my thumbnail ,it is working. Ya, it will be slow and laborious, but it is working!!!! I will be able to salvage this poor guitar. For sure it is the Sienna Sunburst finish.

Now, next question: When I have finally gotten all of this awful paint off, what can anyone tell me about buffing it up ? There are some very minor scuffs from my pain removal effort, but you have to look carefully to see it. what details can anyone give me about buffing those out and then putting a very nice polished look on this body before I put all the hardware back on it. I would like it to sparkle.

Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate it. S.


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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:38 pm
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Glad to hear it's coming together... thumbnails are pretty underrated. Good thing Fender's poly finish is so impervious; you'd have been in trouble if it had been a thin-skin nitro finish... heh. I'd say you'd get plenty of useful tips on buffing if you threw the question open to the Stratocaster forum... as Nikininja says, CS customers may tend not to do that much restoration work themselves. Plus there's more traffic through there.


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