Originally Posted by
ascherer
What stripper did you use? I used Citrasolve on the Falcon and it required multiple coats and a lot of scribbing. I think the old finish had a top layer, a metallic undercoat and a surprisingly stubborn primer.
I used something called
2 Minute Stripper. It seems more powerful (and probably more toxic..) than the citrus stuff, which I used on the Valgan. But the Holdsworth was semi-stripped already. It had been repainted at some point in the past with a very thick, plastic-y glossy black paint that kind of just peeled off with a paint scraper. But the primer underneath it was
really tenacious- I tried a patch a while back with the citrus stripper and it didn't do much. The 2 minute stuff did better, but I think using the steel wool with it helped a lot. If the weather isn't terrible tomorrow I
might get started on the PX-10....