refinishing, which way do you swing?

[Ki swordsman]

at the moment i'm sanding to wood

[westhemann]

i fart on it until the paint gives up and dies

[MzI]

definetly chemicals, i sanded my first guitar by hand big mistake defly not worth all the effort

MzI

[BLM20]

You use that method too wes?! I find it not only gives the guitar a vibrant green tint, but as a great man once said: "Everyone likes their own brand now, don't they?"

[Hotrock]

I sanded down to wood and now my arms look like Popeye's

[StratDudeDan]

I sanded down to wood and now my arms look like Popeye's

i started sanding after a: i passed out from the chemicals i used on my second refinish and b: i needed to get my shoulders back into shape after i beat the hell out of them swimming. worked wonders, and i still sand today. i have different methods, though.

flap-wheels on a drill, about 120-grit are wonderful. usually, the 120 is a little bit too soft, so i occasionally bust out the mouse sander w/ a 100 or 120 and that takes most of the bulk off, but once i start to see real wood (not the sanding sealer, i even go through that), i go straight to a 400 grit and nothing coarser, progressing by hand only.

[Ki swordsman]

wow that's fine grit....

i started on 60 then to 120, bout to go 180 to finish off