Clear-painted Handle

[Boedhi Adhitya]

Mas Ganja, are you sure it is a clear Pylox paint ? If anything fail, I suggest you could try Auto-paint thinner, usually under the brand 'Thinner ND', red can with yellow letter marking. Very volatile, highly flammable liquid. Use only in an adequate air circulation room/area.

Brush your handle with it generously, you might even submerged the handle awhile in the thinner. Be careful, though, as it may also dilute any patch made of lacquer, and prolong submersion might cause crack. The thinner seems to dilute the natural wood's oil and any artificial colour which was applied to the handle. Further rubbing and oiling would be needed to bring the handle 'live'

It works for me, though.


Good luck !

[A. G. Maisey]

If that doesn't shift the stuff nothing will.

[Marcokeris]

Hi Ganja
I have used Acetone only one time for a handle and the result was good. It was a classic Solo hit badly and heavy painted of dark brown.
I put the whole hit for a day in a glass fullof acetone (completely dipped in the liquid). After by a toothbrush I removed the paint in the pits.
Then by car-body past i smoothed the wood (a little past remained in the pits) and at last I used light brown shoes past and a little olive oil some time after.
See the picture

[A. G. Maisey]

Nice job Marco.