I use paint stripper:)

"Go to an auto parts store (I went to O'reilly's) and pick up some aircraft stripper or something that contains methylene chloride. Be careful not to get it on your skin, because it will burn! Good luck." I've worked with some of this stuff before... nasty nasty stuff, but it gets the job done. To make a horn mine I would just do the bell, or even the keywork only... DON'T do what you can buy in a store. *wink* good luck!

Yamaha's are coated in an epoxy based lacquer. You could rub conventional lacquer reducer on it with your q-tips and cotton rags 'till the cows come home with no appreciable effect what so ever. commercial paint strippers are your best bet. Avoid the ones marked "non-toxic" or "environmentally safe". They don't work nearly as well. Once stripped I then dip the body in a solution of four parts water to one part Muriatic acid for about one hour. Always pour the acid into the water and never the other way around. Then I dip in a solution of one pound of baking soda to each gallon of water for one half hour. Now comes ragging and polishing!