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Post subject: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:51 am
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Hey Everyone,
Is the finish on the late 70's ('78-'79)Teles/Strats "Nitro"?
I have seen some decent guitar stands that are covered with rubber tubing. They
warn against using stands for guitars with "nitro" finish....Heck, I didn't finish my
guitars! Can you good folks help out? Thanks!!!


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:08 am
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mytele78 wrote:
Hey Everyone,
Is the finish on the late 70's ('78-'79)Teles/Strats "Nitro"?
I have seen some decent guitar stands that are covered with rubber tubing. They
warn against using stands for guitars with "nitro" finish....Heck, I didn't finish my
guitars! Can you good folks help out? Thanks!!!


As far as I know Fender was using Polyester and a nitro clear coat.


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:38 am
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Paris, I'm wondering if you can put nitro over polyester? I know nitro (lacquer) will melt enamel, so you can't do that, but you can put enamel on top of a dry lacquer base. Is polyester in the enamel family?


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:44 am
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tvr1979 wrote:
Paris, I'm wondering if you can put nitro over polyester? I know nitro (lacquer) will melt enamel, so you can't do that, but you can put enamel on top of a dry lacquer base. Is polyester in the enamel family?


I have no idea. I'm just going by what I've read.


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 am
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I've seen people put cloth or tissue paper over the prongs of the stand, sometimes the rubber can rub off the stand onto any kind of finish so the cloth/tissue paper approach avoids this.

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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:47 pm
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I've heard of people making custom socks to fit ove the foam rubber on guitar stands, it may be an option to explore.


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:03 pm
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By the 1970's all Fenders were sprayed with urethane, and not nitro. Now, before you just plop that axe down on a stand, let me say this.....I own a 1978 Fender Musicmaster that is in no way a nitro finished guitar, but the rubber on my stand ate through the finish on the body at the contact points, but where the same rubber tubing held the neck, it didn't leave even a hint of damage. I put cotton rags and such on stands that hold my reall nice guitars these days :) Now, I will say this.....even nitro guitars of mine have sat on rubber stands before....with no damage. Here is what makes the condition worse or more likely (in my experience) leaving the guitar on the stand for weeks on end, and in a hot room. a day or 2 on any stand probably won't react with nitro in that time period unless it is baked in a hot room or in direct sunlight.


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Post subject: Re: Nitrocellulose Finish
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:35 am
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Steve-oh-no wrote:
By the 1970's all Fenders were sprayed with urethane, and not nitro. Now, before you just plop that axe down on a stand, let me say this.....I own a 1978 Fender Musicmaster that is in no way a nitro finished guitar, but the rubber on my stand ate through the finish on the body at the contact points, but where the same rubber tubing held the neck, it didn't leave even a hint of damage. I put cotton rags and such on stands that hold my reall nice guitars these days :) Now, I will say this.....even nitro guitars of mine have sat on rubber stands before....with no damage. Here is what makes the condition worse or more likely (in my experience) leaving the guitar on the stand for weeks on end, and in a hot room. a day or 2 on any stand probably won't react with nitro in that time period unless it is baked in a hot room or in direct sunlight.


If I remember correctly the guitars from the '70s were a Polyester. I'm a paint guy so I'm not even sure what the difference is. Also looking at a lot of white Strats from the '70s, I noticed that the clear coats yellowed, but the undercoat stayed true to the original color.


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