I've searched the forums but still not found what I seek, hopefully I haven't missed anything.

I want to darken my wood trim so I bought replacement dash etc and started to try to remove what I beleive is polyester resin. That's tough stuff! I heated it but ended up with a few blister craters and a noticable dark veneer area underneath. I thought I'd sand it but it's deep, tough and needs heavy sanding and then it's extremely hard to tell when your at the very thin veneer. Not a good option , especially at the curved edges.

There must be a (relatively safe) stripper for this stuff after it's cured. Anyone know of one and where I could get it? I'm determined to do this myself.

 

Well I had mine redone. If are able to do it please report back. This is not something that a DIY usually tries to do.
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Well tbird6 I'm determined to do this. I've just tried Enviromose and left it on for 24 hours - not even a slight dulling! Despite its claims of stripping epoxies etc it didn't touch it!

I've tried all the usuals so I'm going to ramp up the effort - I'll report on my next phase soon.

 

Having just pulled the wood from my car for a speedo cluster repair and seen how it's made I would say forget it. I's too thin a veneer to refinish. Send to someone who can put new wood & finish on the metal backing panels. I have lot's of experience with wood and I wouldn't try it.