Stripping my Tele

So im in the process of stripping down my tele body. Im using jasco paint stripper. The Finish is coming off with ease but I seem to have to reapply quite alot to get the old finish out of the pores. This is leaving my guitar very dry. I read online that this can cause the natural oils in the wood to be removed which would horrible affect my tone! is there anyway I can like "rehydrate" the woodto make sure it doesnt crack and my tone doesn disappear!

Just rinse it off in water after each session. No need to "rehydrate" oils (that will make it hard to finish, anyway). Your tone will be unaltered.

Just rinse it off in water after each session. No need to "rehydrate" oils (that will make it hard to finish, anyway). Your tone will be unaltered.

that wont damage the wood? Something about applying water to a 50+ year old piece of wood makes me uneasy...

Reapply some oils later on

What are you planning to use as a new finish? Too much oil replenisment and the new finish could be compromised. If the wood is really 50 years old, I'm not sure that much oil would still have been on the surface any way..

You're stripping a 50 year old Tele? Was it already refinished?

As far as repeatedly applying paint strippers, it won't hurt a thing. Water-rinse and let the wood dry afterwards and sand the raised grain smooth. After water rinsing (or wet sanding if holes are left unsealer) I always suggest testing moisture content with an electronic moisture meter (you can find them online for unde $30) and not coating anything until the moisture level is below 11% (8% is better, but 11 is usually fine).

Don't worry - you will lose no natural oils out of the wood through this process.

Where did you read that this process would remove the natural oils and "have a horrible affect" on your tone? It's a ridiculous statement. It would imply that kiln-dried wood would be bad for guitar construction (it would seem logical that heat would remove oils as well - right?).

This is information you should thoroughly research *before* starting so you don't get freaked out in the middle of the job or not know what to do. Everything should be planned out ahead with contingencies accounted for in case they come up. It's a good reason to practice on scrap wood before you work on you're guitar as well. Which I strongly suggest, especially after hitting a wall during the stripping process. Geting stuck during finishing can really mess you up.