This wouldn't be *too* rash, would it?

waltdogg · Post by **waltdogg** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 6:40 pm

I have a Gibson Les Paul Special DC with a faded/satin ebony that I picked couple weeks ago and it rules. I've been playing it a fair amount but the satin finish isn't wearing as much as I'd like it too. I searched and I searched but I couldn't find anything but the exact opposite (wearing too much). So I ask you guys, could I just leave my guitar out on my balcony on a sunny day and let the UV rays work their magic? Tell me if this is normal or dumb or if there's a better way, please. I know I have to play the guitar and that's what I've been doing I'm just trying to see if I cant thin the finish a bit to accelerate the wearing process. Thanks.

antennafarm · Post by **antennafarm** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:36 pm

Go on the keto diet so you're sweating acetone. Then play in a hot room.

SPACERITUAL · Post by **SPACERITUAL** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:30 am

It doesnt so much wear as it just gets really shiny. This is probably more of a TGP question though.

sears · Post by **sears** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:48 pm

SPACERITUAL wrote:This is probably more of a TGP question though.

When it comes to the nitty gritty playing comfort modifications, try the TDPRI. I don't read it so much anymore but it pops up on my searches all the time when I have a question akin to yours.

waltdogg · Post by **waltdogg** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:01 pm

You've got it the other way around. The shininess *is* the wear. When the paint fades the remaining nitro gets buffed shiny over the now bare wood like what happened to my other faded/satin ebony LP Special. That guitar was already all beat up, paint fading with the nitro starting to get shiny over the bare wood when I got it. This DC Special is pretty much brand new. TGP would tell me I'm crazy for trying to age what is essentially a NOS 2006 DC Special.

Guess I'll be registering for TPDRI, lol. Coz nothing came up from them in my google searches.

waltdogg · Post by **waltdogg** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:06 am

A little more google-fu and maybe I should just polish the shit out this thing? My luthier friend says a sunbath won't really make this happen.

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:28 am

I thought nitro finishes specifically were what aged well in the sun?

waltdogg · Post by **waltdogg** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:03 pm

The finish yellows when it is affected by sunlight I don't know about it fading the pain though. I'm 99% this guitar sat in the sun for a minute though before I got it, the tuning keys are a little yellowed but none of the paint on the head stock thinned.

rfurtkamp · Post by **rfurtkamp** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:05 pm

Yellowing varies on the type of nitro and most importantly the clearcoat used.

You could just piss all over it.

I kid, I kid.

Just play the thing. It'll have wear fast enough.

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