Nitro or Poly finish on 1987 62 reissue?

[momo]

So I would possibly want to relic my strat, Ive read that if you have a poly finish, you would have to strip the whole thing, nitro it and then start the relic, so do I have a nitro or poly finish?
thanks

[hammeroff]

If you want to relic it anyway, you could put a cigarette out on it somewhere.

If it doesn't do anything it's a poly finish.

I only know this from having a 98 squire that resisted cigarette burns. Then when I re-did the axe, the nitro finish would get a burn mark.

Curses upon people with carpet and no ash-trays!

[momo]

so tell me. you redid the finnish , then ruined it trying the cigarette trick again to impress some chick!...?? Did you have a touchup to do....
Just pulling your strings!

[hammeroff]

Pfft, we all know once you get the first 2 measures of Stairway, you can get any chick you want!

On a slightly more serious note, why can't you relic a poly-finish?

[sumgai]

hammeroff,

......

On a slightly more serious note, why can't you relic a poly-finish?

You can. But the whole idea of a polyurethane finish is to be much more impervious to average abuse. Of course there are limits, but they are much higher than nitro finishes can withstand.

It can be done, but the magic question is, why would you? Imitating a nitro finish on a guitar that clearly has poly is bound to cause derision from one's peers. And that's not a good thing.


sumgai

[momo]

Ya, don't want to be a wannabe!, Ive read that if you relic a poly, first of all you are going to burn out that sander/arm, everyone sais the poly is like kryptonite, and that the best way to strip the paint would be a heat gun. The thing is as they say, if you try to relic the poly by localized sanding, it will look exactly that, a half sanded guitar, instead of "worn out regions". I can tell you that when I cut a little piece of the pickup section wood to use as filler piece(see other posts pics), not only did it not chip the paint, but I now had a cross section to confirm the heavy layer of hardened paint. So even though I cant confirm(did not try the cigarette trick), I'm pretty sure I have a poly finish.
Cheers