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Hey my mad /diy/entists

I'm stripping down a cheap ukulele. I'm currently still getting rid of the paint with the roughest sandpaper I could buy.

I plan on staining it, since it's made of fucking plywood (i know it's still going to sound pretty shit, but I want to do this more to see how it turns out appearance wise.

I have two main questions: first up, I can't get my sandpaper into the corner between the neck and the body. should I wait til I've stripped the rest off? I can't afford the paint stripper and shit, so it's all going to have to be manual. Also, do you have any general adivce? When I smooth off the body, what sort of grade sandpaper should I use etc etc.

My computer is not recognising the external media, so I can't put pics... so here is a general uke.

>> No.20313

Stain plywood? Idunno about that, I seriously doubt it'll look good. If you want to do something that's got a little more depth in appearance than painting, slap some spray laquer on that shit.

Also, paint stripper is only, like, 10 bucks for a quart, which is plenty. Here's the real shit: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202247418/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&am
p;catalogId=10053

If you still wanna sand, 60 > 120 > 220, and the 320 if you want super smooth.

>> No.20361

>>20313
yeah, i can get paint remover for eioght bucks, but honestly i have about six dollars for the next week, and an electricity bill to pay next week. I'll have a look into how much the spray laquer will cost around here :)

>> No.20368

use steel wool to get into little cunthair crevices

when you are sanding wood, first use something mucho rough like 50 and then work your way up to a finer grit. the progression i use is

36 > 60 > 100 > 150 > 220 > 320 > 400 > 600 > 1200 > 200 > buff

but that's to get a mirror finish and you probably don't give a shit about that so you can stop at probably 220. or 100, even, depending on just how ghetto you are.

>> No.20372

>>20361

Fair enough, and if you've got the sandpaper lying around go for it. It can definitely be done, with a liberal application of elbow grease. And you won't fuck it up, so, no harm done.

>> No.20397

>>20368
oooh! steel wool, thanks! I've got a wad of it in the kitchen. I'm using 40 to start, and a sheet of sandpaper is like 90c. I wouldn't mind trying for that sort of finish, again, mainly just to see how it goes.Thanks!

>>20372
i'm kind of enjoying spending the time on this - i know paint stripper is way easier, but it's fun this way :)

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cabinet scraper.