Thundergod Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can it be done? Is it posible (and practical at all) to aply some polyurethane finish on top of a nitro finish? If so... pros, cons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can it be done? Is it posible (and practic at all) to aply some polyurethane finish on top of a nitro finish? If so... pros' date=' cons? why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I doubt it would stick, but as previously stated...why would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 As far as I know, no. The solvents in the poly would probably soften the nitro, so you'd have lifting, blistering and what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I don't think it would work, the opposite does. Better strip the nitro first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can it be done? Is it posible (and practic at all) to aply some polyurethane finish on top of a nitro finish? If so... pros' date=' cons? That has to be a trick question or seeing the angry smiley face... what put the bumblebee in your shorts? As everyone else states...why? As close to nothing as you can get to bullet proof. Hmmm.... I was wondering if I should one day strip the poly off the Dot to hear what it really would sound like... just for sh*ts and giggles. It would probably take a gallon of stripper minimum to strip poly off... not sure what the stripper would do to the binding though. Maybe I will practice on the Johnson 650. No loss there. 2nd question - what are you planning to strip or cover over with poly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Of course you can put poly over nitro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yes it and you can. First you need an inert sealer preferably made of camel dung. Then wipe it on an EPI. Then you have a Fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 LMAOF!!! I like you oh wise Sheik AXE®. I have searched far and wise for such wisdom. Be exalted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Actually I had a little discussion with a customer... he was saying his fender (made in mexico) was nitro finished... Then he said the poly finish was just the final layer... he had that one done who knows where. I tried to explain mex fat strats arent nitro finished, but he insisted. And all of that talk was because he sa'z his fat strat sounds the same as a gibson... So after he refused to see reason my last card was "imposible, the nitro finish plays a major part in a gibson's tone" (and on he goes about how his mexicaster has nitro finish). I told him to check this thread... might be one of the guests, are you there man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yes, if it's one part non- catalyzed. "imposible' date=' the nitro finish plays a major part in a gibson's tone"[/quote'] You can make a guitar from pine, anything .... so long as it has a nitro finish, it will sound like a Gibson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Anyone can do anything they want at any time. Whether you mess something up or get arrested is another question.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yes' date=' if it's one part non- catalyzed. You can make a guitar from pine, anything .... so long as it has a nitro finish, it will sound like a Gibson...[/quote'] As he was giving me all kinds of stupid explanations as to why his fat strat sounded the same as my les paul, I started giving him crazy sh.t too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Customers...... [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 not sure what the stripper would do to the binding though. Maybe I will practice on the Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yes it and you can. First you need an inert sealer preferably made of camel dung. Then wipe it on an EPI. Then you have a Fender. Disclaimer: I was loaded when I posted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I should add that although strictly speaking you can do it, one part non-catalyzed poly is too soft and is not really what you want on a neck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 not sure what the stripper would do to the binding though. Stripper will roach the binding... learned that lesson about 20 years ago hehe :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Johnson 650TN = cheap ars guitar... I would never put stripping agents on my Johnson. Thought that might need a little clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Stripper will roach the binding... learned that lesson about 20 years ago hehe Roach the binding? Not sure what that means but as the song says... "don't bogart that j...my friend" Roaching a binding sounds particularly nasty. Guess I would have ruined the chances of getting anything out of that guitar. MANY THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE JANTHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Roach the binding? Not sure what that means but as the song says... "don't bogart that j...my friend" Roaching a binding sounds particularly nasty. Guess I would have ruined the chances of getting anything out of that guitar. MANY THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE JANTHA! That's local slang for ******* something up. I used stripper on an old Les Paul I had when I was teenager. I didn't take any precautions with the binding.. and it turned soft. I managed to reshape it with a putty knife, but it was pretty bad. That was my experience though... there may be kinder strippers to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Roger that Jantha. I have stripped furniture many times before but a guitar has a lot of peculiarities to be careful of. Sorry to hear that about the LP. The guitar I am going to try this on is IMO, is exactly what it deserves. I can tape the binding off I guess, but wonder if the stripper would just eat the binding and tape together. Guess I will google up some info on this. I am planning on it being a 2010 project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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