What's the most efficient way to strip a body?

[warlok]

If you were asking me, I used my random orbital and started with 120 grit until I saw hints of the sealer then switched to 300. I moved the sander pretty quick on the neck as to not get too deep per pass. The inside of the horns I did with the same grits but by hand. Just be careful of the edges and on the neck and it goes pretty quick.

[Learn Guitars]

Scrape, scrape, scrape if you insist on getting to bare wood. But if it is your first time doing a guitar, I would suggest knocking back the millage of paint, then prime. You can knock it back a ways and utilize the factory cured sealer base. It is not necessary to strip a body. Unless someone beat you to it with a couple cans of crylon. In that case, Scrapers rock. Less mess. Good work out. But just wear safety glasses.

[quadperson]

sorry to resurrect...I'm in the process of stripping a body. I found that using a razor blade works pretty well. +1 on the safety glasses, don't ask me how I know this. I'm several hours into it and I'm glad I started with the flat parts. If I had started with the horns/bouts, I would probably have given up.

[Trussrod]

Here's the heat gun thread that I recalled (actually a torch ). Kind of interesting. Imitate at your own risk!

http://www.jemsite.com/forums/f19/bo...ied-85053.html

Natural wood looks great!