Removing the finish on a Tele neck

[Wonks]

As I said: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mirka-Mirl...520308&afsrc=1

Do they do English pads?

[Gagaryn]

That eBay link is a different thing. I've never tried it but im sure it would do the job. I was referring to the mico mesh stuff like this - http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Onl...rasives_1.html

[TheGuitarWeasel]

I have used it ... in fact for the last five years have used nothing else on refinishing and relic jobs.

[WezV]

That eBay link is a different thing. I've never tried it but im sure it would do the job. I was referring to the mico mesh stuff like this - http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Onl...rasives_1.html

yeah, I am a big fan of the micromesh polishing cloths. They gets used for all my fretwork and it is my go to solution for taking the sticky feel off a gloss neck - but leaving it glossy. Great when you want a guitar to appear stock but feel super sleek

for satinising a gloss neck i usually go with the 0000 liberon wire wool. I am fine with wire wool, i know the pickups are an issue but if its a bolt on neck i remove it to do it. if its a set neck then the pickups get masked.


I am not against stripping a neck to redo it with the finish i actually want. But if it was a lacquered maple fretboard I wouldnt bother unless i was also doing a refret - Dont want to be stripping finish between frets

[tbm]

That eBay link is a different thing. I've never tried it but im sure it would do the job. I was referring to the mico mesh stuff like this - http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Onl...rasives_1.html

I'm assuming its the second one down, the Regular Finishing Cloths, that i need, right?

[Big Paulie]

As guitar weasel, try these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3005075529...84.m1423.l2648

It's good to have a selection of grades.

Alternatively, if you want to go the whole hog and have a mouse sander and LOTS of patience, you can get all the poly off (right down to bare wood) with some 240 grit pads:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-240-GRI...item3a7b10f850

The secret is to TAKE YOUR TIME AND BE PATIENT. It's easy to see when you're through the lacquer and onto wood. Just stop as soon as you get to the wood. You'll feel as if you're getting nowhere for ages (this is where the patience comes in) but you'll soon enough get little bits of grain showing through. It's then a case of joining them all up slowly and patiently Then go onto the scotchbrite pads to smooth it all out evenly.

Takes AGES, but it's worth it.