umcoo Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hi all, I've got a jazz neck with a horrible orange David Dickinson poly gloss which I'm wanting to remove. As well as the looks, it feels pretty sticky and I much prefer satin finishes. What's the best way to do this? I'm thinking sanding with about 320 first to get to bare wood, then 1000+ to smooth? The neck has binding which has poly on-would I be ok sabding this too? Rosewood board so don't need to deal with frets etc. Cheers in advance Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 bump - anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'd imagine that you'd be at it quite a while if you started out with 320. I'd carefully get the majority of the finish off with something like 150/180 then as soon as you get to bare wood, start going up the grades - 240>320 etc. the binding should be fine sanded too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks Roland, appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yes - I agree with Roland. Necks are generally much easier to sand down than bodies and are also usually as hard as nails (except mahogany ones) so you can stop with the coarse in time as you get down to the wood. Take care with the binding - ever so easy to sand too quickly as it is usually MUCH softer than the wood. Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hi Andy, Sorry for the delay, only just seen this. Might be a few weeks before I attempt this. The neck, along with the body, are going to the tech on Tuesday as there's a gap and I'm getting a veneer put in there so it's all tight. Once I get it back I'll start work. I've put a few pics on to show you the current state of it. Not a fan of tinted necks, so it'll just be clear nitro going on once it's been stripped. Cheers [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0294_zpsb8caa076.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/DSC_0294_zpsb8caa076.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0291_zpsb23f70e8.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/DSC_0291_zpsb23f70e8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Looks a nice few pieces of wood - is the fretboard ebony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks. Nope it's rosewood. Nice and dark and nice figuring on the maple too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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