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satin finish has gone glossy in less than a month

bon viesta

bon viesta

Dec 10, 2020
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i might give pics later, but that nice warmoth bass i got (in comfy satin) already has the back of the nitro finish neck going glossy!!! not sure if it's just because satin is satin, sweaty hands are sweaty hands, or nitro is nitro. either way, do you think steel wool could knock it back a little bit? by the way, i do play the 's' out of it. even if it's 13 pounds of bass, i usually sit down for an hour a day AT LEAST and play on it.
 
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You're practicing too much?

OK, sorry, no such thing. That will happen; with poly the satin will stay satin much longer, but eventually, any satin finish will gloss up where it's polished a lot by moving contact with hands or whatever.

Steel wool or fine grit sandpaper will re-satin it (I've de-glossed a lot of poly necks), but if you do that every month, you won't have any finish in a year or two. If that's OK, go for it, but I myself do like some finish to protect the wood.
 
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bon viesta said:
it's just because satin is satin
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yep, when it gets shiny: you call it a "relic!" ;)
 
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bon viesta said:
i might give pics later, but that nice warmoth bass i got (in comfy satin) already has the back of the nitro finish neck going glossy!!! not sure if it's just because satin is satin, sweaty hands are sweaty hands, or nitro is nitro. either way, do you think steel wool could knock it back a little bit? by the way, i do play the 's' out of it. even if it's 13 pounds of bass, i usually sit down for an hour a day AT LEAST and play on it.
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What are you using to clean it?
 
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bon viesta said:
i might give pics later, but that nice warmoth bass i got (in comfy satin) already has the back of the nitro finish neck going glossy!!! not sure if it's just because satin is satin, sweaty hands are sweaty hands, or nitro is nitro. either way, do you think steel wool could knock it back a little bit? by the way, i do play the 's' out of it. even if it's 13 pounds of bass, i usually sit down for an hour a day AT LEAST and play on it.
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I like a satin finish because it gets 'buffed' from being played. If you use the softer white cleaning pads and rub it lightly you can get it back to satin.
 

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