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| Author: | Laurent Brondel [ Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:34 am ] |
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I'm working on a much abused '79 HD-35 and it seems the neck is finished in that catalysed finish Martin uses now for its necks. Do you guys know when Martin stopped using nitro for laquering the necks and started using their matte finish? |
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| Author: | Laurent Brondel [ Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:11 am ] |
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I'm asking this because the Martin Schaller tuners have been overtightened, screws broken into the wood and so on, it even had a screwed-on thick plactic pickguard and oh boy what a mess under… Anyway the finish lifted off under and around the tuners' washers, I'm wicking CA in there to repair the spots, but I've only seen that happen with the newer finishes and not with nitro. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:45 am ] |
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I believe that 79 the finish was nitro. A safe test is to take some acetone on a small rag and rub a spot. if it melts or blushes it is nitro if not then probably a catalysed uryethene |
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