Mapleglo in direct sunlight

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:01 am

That first bass is AWESOME Andrew.

The binding on my '72 JG that I refinned myself only a year ago with Nitro laquer is already yellowing. Oh well...

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:00 am

Paul I would guess it's acrylic, because it doesn't have an amber hue and doesn't yellow.

I always like nitrocellulose for natural wood finishes and acrylic for solid automotive type colors.

A friend of mine always used clear acrylic over natural wood because he doesn't like the amber tone of nitro.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:12 am

I have been preaching to my clients and to this Forum about my dislike of nitro for these reasons. It looks good on solid wood and is easy to spray. It can be tinted for that amber Strat neck effect. BUT no matter what you do, you will get mediocre weather resistance on wood.

Clear acrylic is, literally, plastic dissolved in solvent. The solvent evaporates post-spraying, and what's left is a plastic shell that, unfortunately, is not solvent-resistant. It's extremely thin besides, although the weather resistance is better than nitro. It won't yellow under normal circumstances. I use it as a sanding sealer sometimes.

Conversion varnish must have good weather resistance--it's used on both wooden and metal caskets. But it does yellow over time.