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| 2126.1 | | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | victim of unix... | Wed Feb 27 1991 11:48 | 3 |
| I used to use talc powder to reduce the sticking...
dbii
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| 2126.2 | Sticky neck..... | SWAPIT::LOR | | Wed Feb 27 1991 14:03 | 10 |
| Try finishing steel wool or 600 sandpaper. If you use the paper
do a wet sand. Pritz the neck with water and rub the paper of the
neck and cut as much finish as desired. Then clean the sucker up
and presto....it should work. You have a satin-smooth finish.
Otherwise ....if you don't want to cut the finish. Clean the the
neck often...could use OZ polish or mild soap water solution.
Rick
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| 2126.3 | | DNEAST::GREVE_STEVE | Greee Veee King | Wed Feb 27 1991 17:05 | 4 |
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nother vote for 0000 steel wool
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| 2126.4 | it rooolz | CAVLRY::BUCK | I feel a MEAN STREAK coming on... | Wed Feb 27 1991 17:10 | 1 |
| yet another vote for 0000!
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| 2126.5 | | SMURF::LAMBERT | Fender Bender | Wed Feb 27 1991 17:48 | 5 |
| re: .0
See? I told ya... :-)
-- Sam
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| 2126.6 | Wet sand your chevy dude... | GSRC::COOPER | Major MIDI Rack Puke (tm) | Thu Feb 28 1991 00:21 | 5 |
| Wet sanding ??
Yike !! I'd think this be suicide !!
;)
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| 2126.7 | Great! | SMURF::BENNETT | I'd rather be flailing | Thu Feb 28 1991 10:11 | 6 |
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I got plenty of 0000 wool, it cleans rosewood real nice. Now how
many of you have actually undertaken this operation and were
pleased with the results?
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| 2126.8 | Wet sand or steel wool | LEDS::BURATI | | Thu Feb 28 1991 13:00 | 4 |
| I've done both. Wet sanding works great. Just don't go overboard with
the amount of water you're using. Steel Wool's fine, too. But I wouldn't use
it if the neck is still on the guitar. (of course on some guitars that's not
an option.)
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| 2126.9 | | SPACC::COOPER | Major MIDI Rack Puke (tm) | Thu Feb 28 1991 14:39 | 5 |
| I use steel wool on my Ibanez weekly.
I even thought of using 800 or even 600 grit... :)
jc (Who hates oily necks)
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| 2126.10 | Yah Buddy! | DNEAST::GREVE_STEVE | Greee Veee King | Thu Feb 28 1991 17:06 | 13 |
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I'm losin' it... you'd actually put water on your guitar!! Jeeze,
what's left of my mind is blown!
Bennett unit... I've used the wool on rosewood necks but I usually
follow it with some uncooked linseed.
Steve
Get out ya belt sanders and a bucket o' water and go fer it! [;^)
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| 2126.11 | Let's qualify a few things before you get the wrong idea | LEDS::BURATI | | Thu Feb 28 1991 17:44 | 18 |
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Wet sanding is the best way to rub out orange peel. I bought an old ('54)
Telecaster a while ago, the neck of which somebody had done a bad overspray
job on the back on. (the (well-worn) fretboard had not been sprayed) So to
smooth out the lacquer on the BACK of the neck I gently wet sanded with 600
grit 3M wet-or-dry paper, using only a few drops of water at a time. I
would NEVER wet sand BARE WOOD. But it can't be beat for rubbing down a
finish before polishing. I left the finish unpolished, sort-of-a satin
luster. It feels smooth, none of the "sticking" problems of a high gloss.
Again, you don't (in my book anyway) wet sand bare wood. I was under the
impression that the original query was in regard to a finished maple
neck.
The finish on the back of '65 Strat's neck is pretty much gone so it
feels pretty good just the way it is.
BTW, I never do anything to my fretboards except oil them occasionally.
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| 2126.12 | Ayuh... | SMURF::BENNETT | I'd rather be flailing | Fri Mar 01 1991 10:03 | 7 |
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Thanks, guys. Another triumph for the Guitar Notes School of
Guitar Repair. I gently cut down the finish with the old steel
wool and it feels almost as good as the stock finish on my
strat. Took me about an hour.
Now maybe I should strip the body and refinish with fleckstone....
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| 2126.13 | | DNEAST::GREVE_STEVE | Greee Veee King | Fri Mar 01 1991 16:28 | 5 |
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Yeah, and wet sand it!!! [;^)
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| 2126.14 | If you don't know what you're talking about... | LEDS::BURATI | | Fri Mar 01 1991 16:52 | 16 |
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I think anyone whose refinished anything with nitrocellulose lacquer
can tell you that nothing works better that wet-sanding. *NOTHING*!
What do think it's going to do, anyway? I ansume anyone trying
to picture this process in their head would envision the instrument
*WITH ITS HARDWARE REMOVED*. RIGHT?
I refinished my '65 strat with nitrocellulose lacquer from an AEROSOL CAN
and then wet sanded the orange peel out and rubbed and polished it
to a beautiful luster. And the entire process took about 4 hours! Steel
wool doesn't work nearly as well.
Maybe you missed the point, Steve. We aren't talking about bare wood.
But, hey, I can only speek from my own experience and advise folks
accordingly.
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| 2126.15 | | DNEAST::GREVE_STEVE | Greee Veee King | Fri Mar 01 1991 18:43 | 4 |
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OOOps, sorry, dude, I should have put more smiley faces, huh?
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