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[pietruszka]

Hi,

I've had a thought of sanding the stain off my Sandberg bass to have it as a natural finish. I know it will take a lot of sanding, but how deep is the stain? And what type of lacquer/wax/oil will be best?




Dan

[mart]

I don't know about Sandbergs, but with Warwicks the word is don't try - the stain goes very deep, so it will be an awful lot of sanding.

[Andyjr1515]

Hi
The problem generally isn't the stain, it's the poly or nitro varnish. The good news for most of us is that it's as tough as old boots. The bad news is that it is an absolute beggar to get off. For my refurbs, I quite often resort to a paint-stripping heatgun (and then a hell of a lot of sanding)!!

[mart]

I guess my comments were partly based on this thread: [url="http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-bass/13317-just-got-want-refinish-help.html"]http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-bass/13317-just-got-want-refinish-help.html[/url]
from which I'd expect the stain to be a problem as well, depending on the wood.

[pietruszka]

The bass is a basic with blue burst finish, made of ash I believe which has an open grain. I have a sneaky suspicion the stain will be deep! Never mind, it was just an idea I had.

Thanks for the replies you two.




Dan

[Roland Rock]

You're right about ash having a very open grain, and this is bad news for your plans. I think The reason that ash is such a popular choice for staining is that you get such vivid grain definition, as the stain gets right into the large contours. Unfortunately, that the means it's harder to remove too from those contours too. Not impossible, but much more time consuming.