How do poly finishes age naturally? - Page 2

Wally · March 28th, 2006, 06:29 PM

Fender first started using polyester under CBS rule about 1968...10-15 coats to achieve the 'Thick Skin' high-gloss finish. Polyurethane replaced polyester for the top coat in 1981 and shortly before the close of the Fullerton plant polyurethane began to be used for the colour coat with polyester used for the undercoat .(Duchossoir, p. 47)
Polyurethane is widely used in guitar production today even on acoustic guitars and can be used in such a way as to achieve thin coats.

chickenpicker · March 29th, 2006, 04:38 PM

Thanks Wally.

My 1979 Start would be polyester, then, and my 1996 Tele would be polyester undercoat and polyurethane top coat, if I read your post properly.

chickenpicker · March 29th, 2006, 04:39 PM

And if I wrote my post properly, my 1979 start would be a 1979 strat!

March 28th, 2006, 06:29 PM	#41 (permalink)
Wally Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 4,031	2 polys.... Fender first started using polyester under CBS rule about 1968...10-15 coats to achieve the 'Thick Skin' high-gloss finish. Polyurethane replaced polyester for the top coat in 1981 and shortly before the close of the Fullerton plant polyurethane began to be used for the colour coat with polyester used for the undercoat .(Duchossoir, p. 47) Polyurethane is widely used in guitar production today even on acoustic guitars and can be used in such a way as to achieve thin coats.

March 29th, 2006, 04:38 PM	#42 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	Thanks Wally. My 1979 Start would be polyester, then, and my 1996 Tele would be polyester undercoat and polyurethane top coat, if I read your post properly.

March 29th, 2006, 04:39 PM	#43 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	And if I wrote my post properly, my 1979 start would be a 1979 strat!