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What sort of varnish is used on neck of diablos ?


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Hello,

On the neck of my hamer diablo, it has varnish only on the peghead, perhaps the former owner sandpaper the vernish but now the flammed mapple withtout varnish is no more protected of the sudation of the hand so with the age, the mapple is a little bit green.

So I will sandpaper the neck in order to have the color of origin of mapple and after I will re-varnish it but which sort of varnish I must use ? polyurethane ? cellulosique ? other one ?

What sort of varnish hamer is using ?

PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'm french :)

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It's hard to tell from the pictures if the finish is gone or just grimey(dirty). Try a good guitar cleaner, I think Dunlop makes one, and if that doesn't remove it you might want to try a VERY fine steel wool. The guitar neck is not finished with varnish it is a lacquer and requires some experience to apply properly.

ArnieZ

Posted

You could use a thin coat of clear stain, which would be easy enough and protect the neck. Or you could apply a thin coat of tung oil.

Posted

I tend to just use normal nitro cellulose when i get a shredder that's had the back played out and i've never had a bad reaction.

Jem

Posted

I've used tung oil (huile de tung?) and after curing, it's been silky smooth for five years now.

Or how about using a french polish? da-dum-tum! thankee, thankee, don't forget to tip your waitress, g'nite!~

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I had a beater that had the same problem. I gave it a light rubbing with fine steel wool, cleaned it with alcohol and sprayed it with sealant... the stuff you use on wood after you sanded it but before you prime it, so the finish doesn't soak down into the porous parts.

Um, en français...

J'ai eu un guitar "batteur" qui a eu le même problème. Je lui ai donné un frottage léger avec (laines en acier?) fines, et nettoyé avec de l'alcool et, en fin, le mastic (?) "sealer"... une substance qu'on

utilisez sur le bois après que vous l'ayez poncé mais avant on utilise a garder les pièces poreuses.

I don't think that made sense.

Posted
I had a beater that had the same problem. I gave it a light rubbing with fine steel wool, cleaned it with alcohol and sprayed it with sealant... the stuff you use on wood after you sanded it but before you prime it, so the finish doesn't soak down into the porous parts.

Um, en français...

J'ai eu un guitar "batteur" qui a eu le même problème. Je lui ai donné un frottage léger avec (laines en acier?) fines, et nettoyé avec de l'alcool et, en fin, le mastic (?) "sealer"... une substance qu'on

utilisez sur le bois après que vous l'ayez poncé mais avant on utilise a garder les pièces poreuses.

I don't think that made sense.

Most excellent. Very good french mon ami.

Nick

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Hello,

first thx for your help

ArnieZ > I'm sure that the finish is gone and not dirty.

it's is a common problem with mapple neck withtout finish and sudation of the hand direct on the wood.

Scottcrud > Yes, stung oil will be perhaps more simple to do that a varnish, I don't know for the moment...

Jem > Ok I prefer polyurethane for finish for the moment except if the neck was formerly finished with cellulosic varnish

BCR Greg > What sort of varnish is semi-gloss nitro ?

tobereeno > yes tung oil is a good idea but what do you mean by Or how about using a french polish? da-dum-tum! thankee, thankee, don't forget to tip your waitress, g'nite!~ ?

polara > steel wool is perhaps a little bit aggressive for wood, I think I would first use sandpapaer with water first.

Sealant: Yes I think it know of what your are speaking: (fondur in french)

Ton français est parfait !

Posted

The neck on mine was left unfinished (factory). I'm not sure if it was sealed with something, however. I don't perform any special maintenance on it. It's gotten dirty from use, but that's not a bad thing. The humidity (or lack there of) in New England doesn't seem to bother it. This guitar has the most stable neck that I have ever owned. It's surprising given it is thin as well.

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So nobody knows what sort of finish hamer was using on diablo guitars ?

Um, BCRGreg, owner/operator of the only authorized Hamer warranty repair facility outside Hamer's factory, responded by saying:

"That guitar would have had a semigloss nitro on it."

To extrapolate, that would be semi-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer -- a finish, as opposed to stain.

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