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Post subject: Guitar finishes
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:35 pm
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As far as guitar finishes go, I can tell the difference in acoustic properties and appearance between a polyester and nitro finish but in appearance and sometimes acoustically i can't quite tell the difference between a polyester and polyurethane finish (such as between an American Standard and a higher end MIM model). So my question is:

Is there a general rule of thumb for determining the difference between a polyester and polyurethane finish?


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:43 pm
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Read the specs of each guitar you're interested in on the Fender site.


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Post subject: Re: Guitar finishes
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:05 pm
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foshastajones wrote:
Is there a general rule of thumb for determining the difference between a polyester and polyurethane finish?


Not unless you wanna damage the finish to find out. Their really close though. The polyester should be alot thicker. When you spray polurethane it tends to shine a lot easier with lesser coats. While it takes coat after coat to make polyester shiney enough. Polyester is nothing but epoxy really. Kinda like the stuff boats are painted with.

You might be able tell if you take the pickgaurd off your guitar and look at the edges of the pickup cavities, or if you find some chalky looking thick dust lying around in the cavities, that could be a sign of polyester.. But then it may still depend on how trigger happy the paint man was on that day.


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