Will Sunlight age a Maple neck? Discussion and experiment

[mongo2]

Don't some finishes contain anti-yellowing agents/UV blockers to prevent discoloration of the finish and wood due to UV exposure?

 

[mikeyswood]

Leave a piece of wood in the sun. There is about 1/32" that will change color from reaction. The finish ages more, but the wood still reacts.

 

[recreate.me]

Sigh, im calling this to an end.

I thought it would work! After leaving both necks under the UV light for the entire weekend, around 20 hours per side, still no change in colour.

Either the light was to weak, its not UV light that does it, or Poly prevents it...

I have decided to sand off the old finish on the mighty mite neck, and refinish with Minwax stain +poly and then do the rosewood fretboard with a coat of wipe on poly for that shine and vintage look.

Well folks, thanks for sticking around. Sorry i couldn't turn up the results we all wanted!

Cheers

 

[mongo2]

Have you tried the Kiwi treatment?

 

[Boomin]

Isn't 20hrs not enough time for any kind of significant change? After all, you're trying to simulate "years" of aging.

 

[Essen]

Wouldn't sunlight also generate heat? It might not just be the UV.

 

[recreate.me]

I havent tried the Kiwi treatment. After reading up on it i have read that once its used it will be almost impossible to properly refinish the neck, which was a goal of mine. So i gave up on that one, maybe in the future i will give it a go.

Well under the UV light the neck was kept at 21 degrees C, (or 71ish for you americans) So there was no heat there, i figured after 20 straight hours something would happen! All that happened was now my necks smell like summer... ya know when you spend all day on a beach or something haha

I agree its more then JUST UV.

Basically i was tired of waiting haha

 

[mikeyswood]

72 hours at 60°C is a lab standard for aging one year.

 

[Musiclogic]

No, no, no Mikey, it has to be now, now, now...thank god this wasn't important research.

 

[mongo2]

I havent tried the Kiwi treatment. After reading up on it i have read that once its used it will be almost impossible to properly refinish the neck, which was a goal of mine.

Hmm, the Kiwi is applied to the original finish and doesn't penetrate the wood underneath the finish so I'm not seeing how it would interfere with a refinish since the original finish is removed.

 

[Larry Davis]

The term is photodegradation. Metal oxidizes to rust. It's not new and has been researched...go here..

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[Blank_0101]

Bit of a zombie bump, but I was looking for the kiwi idea and this thread made me wonder.

What if you used a smoke and uv light? I don't know anyone who plays guitar directly in the sun and then leaves there guitar on the porch. Usually that color is years of smoke and light and rough handling I'd imagine. That is the finish I mean

As for the wood, wood ages, look at wooden fences, start out yellow, a year later they are grey and brown. Look at old necks where chord patterns and thumb drags have worn in and you see grey old wood not yellow underneath.

Also the kiwi idea does seem bad if you refinish, the sander would push all that stuff into the grain.

 

[afzoomie67]

I think OP just admitted to owning a grow-house...

For marijuana? Hahahah.