Nitro over poly CS Strat?

[Prages]

So when somebody builds a guitar out of living leaves, then we'll have to worry about whether or not it can breathe.

[Elias Graves]

So when somebody builds a guitar out of living leaves, then we'll have to worry about whether or not it can breathe.

 

It'll need water, too, though. Hmm.

 

EG

[soundcreation]

 

Not used til about 63, and to all intents it's a poly based sealer

 

 

Like it how they just ignore this....

 

Not to mention nobody was debating that fender used fullerplast. It was assumed from the very first post, and accepted by everyone in the thread. So why bring it up?

 

People just see "nitro" and then go off on a rant against it.

[Wyatt]

If the finish was historically accurate, it would have the fullerplast sealer coat ... then an acrylic lacquer color coat (all the old Fender metallic colors and Olympic White were acrylic, not nitro) ... and then the nitro clear coat.

 

Funny thing was Leo used Fullerplast to hide seams as much as a sanding sealer. Before than he had the guys bleach the bodies to hid the joints. That's why so many people who own '50's 3-piece bodies all swear theirs is one piece. Since Fullerplast is translucent, not transparent, it required a lot less of matching grain at the seams as well.

 

Wood "breathing" or drying out over time isn't something I'll poo-poo (kiln drying is efficient but not thorough), but poly is plastic, and plastic is porous and pores allow air and moisture in and out. That's how bottled water absorbs all the smells from your fridge.