New 80's Superstrat build project (Non-PBG Kit).

[Simon Barden]

You might not get any results with paint stripper if it's a polyester finish. It wouldn't touch the finish on my late '70s Ibanez ST55 (with about 2mm of black polyester finish on it). Even polyurethane might be quite resistant as the paint's polymer chains are very long so don't let much through. In that case it's sanding all the way. A belt sander will help strip it relatively quickly on the flat surfaces and I'd use a detail sander on the curves and edges.

[DrNomis_44]

You might not get any results with paint stripper if it's a polyester finish. It wouldn't touch the finish on my late '70s Ibanez ST55 (with about 2mm of black polyester finish on it). Even polyurethane might be quite resistant as the paint's polymer chains are very long so don't let much through. In that case it's sanding all the way. A belt sander will help strip it relatively quickly on the flat surfaces and I'd use a detail sander on the curves and edges.

Good point, from the looks of it, it looks like Black paint which has been sprayed onto an undercoat of some sort, there's a section where the finish has been worn away a bit from the back of the body, I'll post a pic of it tomorrow so you can see what it looks like, a part of it has worn down to bare wood.