Guitar Refinish Part 1: Removing the finish
Note: Yeah, I stutter a lot in this video, and I don't f*cking care! Deal with it! ;)
I'm showing the progress of the refinish of an Ibanez RG, this will be in different parts (step by step finishing technique):
Part 1: Remove the finish
• Guitar Refinish Part 1: Removing the finish
Part 2: Mending and hiding the dents
• Guitar Refinish Part 2: Mending and hiding...
Part 2.5: Hiding revisited
• Guitar Refinish Part 2.5: hiding the dents...
Part 3: Applying a dye
• Guitar Refinish Part 3: Applying dye and m...
Part 4: Prep for finishing
• Guitar Refinish Part 4: Sanding and prep f...
Part 5: Waxing and pollishing
• Guitar Refinish Part 5: Compound and Polis...
Part 1:
This is how I removed the finish using a heat gun. See Trough Ibanez have a thick coat of finish, so sanding might be done using professionnal grade tools but, if you want to keep the veneer you don't want to risk damaging it by going too far.
Chemicals haven't even breach it, and I am not working in a well vented place (being the winter in Canada), so it's not an alternative
Heatgun method is, IMHO, the safest way, this is how I did it.
An heat gun can be purchased in an hardware store for less than 20$
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