maple necks warp without a proper finish....

[ItsaBass]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

I just checked to make sure, and they do indeed use nitrocellulose. I thought they said they used polyurethane or something to keep costs down and because of the environment. But it does definitely say in bold NITROCELLULOSE so I was wrong. Might have got it confused with something else.

What you said was:

the 'satin nitrocellulose' finish is polyurethane

Nitrocellulose is not polyurethane, by simple definition of the words.

 

[Myaccount876]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

What you said was:



Nitrocellulose is not polyurethane, by simple definition of the words.

I know, that is why I said I was wrong.

 

[jmh151]

Tru- Oil is gunstock oil.

If any guitar company uses gunstock oil on their necks, it's most likely Tru-Oil

 

[AudioWonderland]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

Wait how the hell can something become glossy and dull at the same time?

As your thumb/palm move up and down the neck while playing you buff the satin out to a gloss. Takes some time but it will happen

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

Neck by most large manufacturers that you think are unfinished are sealed with a thin satin finish.

What Warmoth says is true, but if you read the fine print, they didn't say "maple necks *WILL* warp without a hard finish", they said the probability of warping increases. That is accurate. Not every maple neck will warp, nor even most, nor even a large percentage, without a hard finish; but the percentages are higher by enough that Warmoth doesn't want to deal with it. Nor do most guitar companies.

It isn't a ploy to get you to use their finishing services. It is silly easy to apply a thin coat of finish to a neck your self.

By the way, tru-oil is *not* a hard finish. It will not prevent warping like poly or nitro etc.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

As your thumb/palm move up and down the neck while playing you buff the satin out to a gloss. Takes some time but it will happen

If you buff something to a gloss it is no longer dull the 2 adjectives are opposite. Its like calling someone a skinny fat boy. I'm aware of the phenomenon that playing a satin neck will buff it out but it still cant be dull and glossy at the same time.

 

[uOpt]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

Tru- Oil is gunstock oil.

If any guitar company uses gunstock oil on their necks, it's most likely Tru-Oil

Not really. Tru Oil might also be sold to be used on gunstocks.

But in practice Tru Oil builds up a real finish and regular gunstock oil does not.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

By the way, tru-oil is *not* a hard finish. It will not prevent warping like poly or nitro etc.

Are you thinking Tung Oil, because Birchwood Casey Tru Oil is a polymer.

 

[BrianS.]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

By the way, tru-oil is *not* a hard finish. It will not prevent warping like poly or nitro etc.

Tru Oil is a Polymerized oil:

From Flexner's book: "It (polymerized oil) cures very fast and very hard and resists water and water-vapor penetration".

Sounds like a great finish for a guitar neck.

 

[xntrick]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

+1 for Tru Oil. I just finished a new Warmoth neck with 10 coats, used 400 grade steel wool between each coat and the finish feels as if it is bare wood. I am tempted to remove the Tung oil from the body and also finish that in Tru Oil but Id rather be playing if you know what I mean.

 

[AudioWonderland]

Re: maple necks warp without a proper finish....

+1 for Tru Oil. I just finished a new Warmoth neck stuff with 10 coats, used 400 grade steel wool between each coat and the finish feels as if it is bare wood. I am tempted to remove the Tung oil from the body and also finish that in Tru Oil but Id rather be playing if you know what I mean.

I have done a couple of necks with it. Fantastic feeling finish