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shiny necks
- Thread starter gruda
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How could this happen? I've never seen maple just self-gloss on anything before. Was that maple refinished before the build? Like...err... 'recycled' or anything?
Yea that's really strange...I've had wenge kind of gloss up on me, but raw maple will usually just get dirty and feel funky.
hmmm
something similar happend/s to a friends guitar: it has a black satin finish and where he rests his hand on the body has become rather glossy..same with the neck
i guess it's the grease/sweet from your hands
something similar happend/s to a friends guitar: it has a black satin finish and where he rests his hand on the body has become rather glossy..same with the neck
i guess it's the grease/sweet from your hands
Your hands probably buffed it over time. Though would expect semi gloss rather then high gloss result unless the sealer that was used just naturally becomes gloss after good buffing. Has had some unpainted necks that start out flat looking and ended up semi glossy over time. But not same as though had used high gloss clear coat of course.
Well that was because it had a satin finish on it. It's well known fact that satin finishes buff up to a gloss with regular use, however, it isn't common that a totally raw piece of Maple wood would gloss up.
Just a crazy thought, but do you use any kind of lotion on your hands or something?
Perhaps maybe something you had on your hands got rubbed into the wood and caused it to gloss up.
Perhaps maybe something you had on your hands got rubbed into the wood and caused it to gloss up.
It is called human oil finish and of course your skin could be consider a micro sander, you're fingerprints for instance are little ridges that will sand an area nicely smooth.
Dirk
Dirk
It is called human oil finish and of course your skin could be consider a micro mesh type sander, you're fingerprints for instance are little ridges that will sand an area nicely smooth.
Dirk
Dirk
Would you happen to being using tru-oil as a hand moisturizer?
you know what, your right......
