Lacquer & Poly, What years?
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Jeffm said:
I seem to recall reading here that Poly was never used in the Westerly plant.
Walter Broes
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If they went to poly at all, it must have been after Hoboken - all the Hoboken ones I've seen were nitro.
I guess Hans would know, and Hideglue.
I guess Hans would know, and Hideglue.
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There was plenty of polyurethane sprayed in Westerly (solidbodies and archtops)
I'll leave Hans to expound in Vol. II
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hideglue said:
Whoops! Time to upgrade my meds.
Thanks for the clarification.
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GAD said:hideglue said:
Whoops! Time to upgrade my meds.
Thanks for the clarification.
Your recollection is probably based upon a factually incorrect post of mine. I was under the impression that there was no poly sprayed in Westerly for acoustics, generalized that to archtops and hollow bodies and then was found to be wrong on at least three counts. (Probably time to revisit my sig...) What you forgot is that hans and hideglue provided correct information after me.
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So what models and years if there was poly? I am the new owner of a 1991 X170 and love it.
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caredwards said:
Welcome.
hideglue, a couple of posts above, worked at Westerly so he might be willing to answer a specific yes or no question, but since he deferred to Hans and Volume II that suggests that it is something Hans Moust will be discussing in his next book. His first book is The Guild Guitar Book but it only goes through 1977 or thereabouts. Volume II is projected to update the story.
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If you want to try to get a chip of finish from some unobtrusive place on the guitar, like from around the truss opening under the TRC, you could see if it will dissove in acetone (Fingernail polish remover). Poly won't dissolve, NCL will.Ravon said:
One of these days I'm gonna get around to trying that with my (Corona) D40, 'cause even though it's supposed to be lacquer, it sure is holding up the way poly is supposed to. It's really got me wondering!
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adorshki said:
One of these days I'm going to take the nickel I got every time you said you would do that and buy a venti mocha at Starbucks. Seriously Al, give us a break. Stop eating Chinese long enough to just do it - test your finish already.
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