Now that summer is almost here, remember another big no-no is insect repellent! It will melt the finish.
The finish ?
I’m finding that my arm is doing just that so it seems . It’s leaving a dull area and you can feel it some it cleans up but there’s still an area left .
At first I was thinking it was my deodorant but it’s not my arm pit ( I wear a lot of tank tops ) but my forearm just below and just above the elbow . I realized it’s on all my guitars .
It appears on the top edge of the lower bout and the side .
Now I need to fix them or polish them out even the new F55e has been infected . This is something I’ve never noticed or seen before .
I make sure I have no off on me when I play so I’m a tad confused as to what’s causing it . Not sure if it’s just my arm movement but it’s on the side so not much movement there .
Has anyone had this happen or no what it is ?
Ok got it , I been needing to get some cleaner and polish anyway and I’ll into covering up options . Thanks guys .
I am afraid to practice! LOL
Some people do mention their necks getting "sticky".Hmmm ... why doesn’t the neck not show dulling signs ?
Some people do mention their necks getting "sticky".
I guess it just has to do with how acidic your sweat is and whether you tend to get "sweaty palms" or fingers, in this case.
I never really had that issue myself.
It also just occurred to me that maybe if it's applied over a very smooth surface like necks tend to be, it develops a more durable finish.
I do get "build-up" on my necks, but only very gradually, and it always cleans off.
I am afraid to practice! LOL
Not at all.Over a smooth surface ? Neck should be as smooth as the top .
Understand just because the smell's gone doesn't mean it's "stable".A lot of the NCL smell has gone away
EEEEEEK!!!!!!!Can’t say I’ve had a sticky neck if I did I have plenty of sandpaper to remove said stick .
These things should come with a armpit warning lol or just a no touch or else warning . Lol
Ok so I’m wondering when this thing was made , any decoder up yet for the serial number ?
For what, Oxnard?
I think so but too lazy to search right now.
Oh yeah I think Clyde Hightower got the info from 'em when asking about his F55's heelblock s/n plate.
Body sweat will cause, over time, damage to NCL. How much time this will take depends on may things, the most significant being the chemistry of the body sweat. A great way to slow, or even eliminate this is to wipe down the guitar after playing it, with a soft, clean, dry cotton cloth, no polish needed. Another good idea is to wash your hands before playing (this helps the strings and back of the neck more than the top finish).
I have seen the neck finish also be affected by body sweat, although it is not as common as the top edge of the lower bout. I had a Lys L-5 (an old, long out of production guitar brand which evolved into today's Seagull) in which the back of the necj was gooey. A luthier buddy had seen this on other guitars, and sais that it was the NCL reacting with the previous owner's body seat chemistry. I ended up using an old credit card to scraoe off the goo.
Body chemstry can also have a very detrimental effect on strings. Same luthier as above had invited me to spend time at his shop on Saturday afternoons. It was a slow time for him at those times, so I just hung out. One afternoon, one of his other friends shows up, and they started jamming on acoustic guitars. His friend had brought his own acoustic, but needed to restring it. My luthier buddy gave him a set of light Daddarios. In the course of just over an hour, those brand new strings were on their way out. After the friend left, I asked him what had happened. Luthier said that the friend had very acidic body sweat, and the sweat destroyed the strings. The friend had very acidic sweat because he drank a lot of alcohol, and his sweat had become acidic because of it. Luthier told me tht the only strings that his friend could use for any amount od time were Elixers (the only coated strings at the time), most uncoated string lasted a hour and a half or less when he used them.