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Post subject: Re: How can I remove smoke deposit from my The Strat?
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:03 am
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Two points of interest.
1. According to The Statocaster Chronicals and the Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide, "The Strat," introduced in 1980, came is 3 colors, Lake Placid Blue, Arctic White, and Candy Apple Red.

2. Anything you do to alter the finish will devalue it from a monitary stand point. I agree with many of the other people posting; clear and color coats do change with time. Lake Placid Blue has a tendency to turn a shade of green as the clear coat yellows. Also white also yellows for the same reason. Reds have a tendency to get lighter. Red pigments fade when they come in contact with light.

Could you post some photos of these discolorations?


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Post subject: Re: How can I remove smoke deposit from my The Strat?
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:30 am
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Well if you consider some people intentionally discolor the finish with tints and even go so far as to burn the headstock to simulate EVH style cigarette burns to increase value, maybe it is not such a bad thing just to leave it (unless there is also an offensive odor)? Other then that I have no valuable suggestions to restore a nitro finish other then a refinish.

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