I much prefer to scrape the Rem gloss finish off than melt it off with a chemical stripper. Just seems a better means to a better end for me.
Yep, how I like to do it. Everyone has their ways and whatever works, but I like scraping it off. Somewhat tedious but thorough.
Those little, like 1" wide, replaceable blade paint scrapers work great, just keep the blades sharp and learn how to drag em back towards you. Works good on the large areas. The tedious part is close to checkering, and the grip wrist area. Have deployed a standard pocket knife pushed with my thumbs for that work. I've made convex scrapers for the lower part under the cheek rest out of 1/2" flat wood chisels ground to shape and bent 90 degrees with a blue wrench. I usually like to dress up that concave area anyway with a molding line so I don't worry too much how neat I am getting the poly off there.
