Satin neck worth it?

[Cederick]

I've had my satin neck for a couple of weeks and the satin feel is all gone. It was my first even satin finished neck so I was at first very impressed, but not anymore

And I am that kind of person who has NO problems with sticky gloss necks; one of the guitars I've played almost all the time for 10+ years, has never been sticky unless some friend comes around and tries the guitar and I have to wipe it clean as soon as they stop playing. And sometimes not more than a minute...  :sad1:

And no other guitar I've had has ever been sticky, no matter what material used in the finish, ever. I barely even knew about sticky necks until I let people try my giutars...

So, does satin finish really get "worn down" that fast, no matter how "unsweaty" your hands are?

EDIT: slipping my finger from back of the headstock to the neck really exposes how "sticky" the neck has become

 

[Jumble Jumble]

I've got a couple of Fenders with satin poly on the neck and those took years and years to polish up. And I've got a Warmoth satin neck that took a few weeks to get to the same point - though none of them are sticky, I have to admit. I think it's just a soft finish. Try some 0000 steel wool on it, maybe.

 

[Cederick]

Nah, that would just go through the finish and expose the wood at some point, so I wont bother.

It's not unplayable at all, I don't have a problem with it. Kinda feels like a regular finished neck, but I was expecting the satin feel to hold longer... Well, if I'm getting another Warmoth finished guitar I'm NOT getting satin

 

[Jumble Jumble]

Get raw instead! Or, get one of the gloss finishes, which are poly, and rough it up. I think it'd take longer to polish up.

 

[Cagey]

This ^^

 

[MikeW]

I'm one of those guys that hates sticky necks. My hands sweat a bit while I'm playing and a gloss surface just exacerbates the problem. So I went with a satin finish on my Maple/Maple neck.

The same thing you're describing happened on mine. It took a good year or so before mine got glossy though, so I'm a bit surprised that yours did it in a couple weeks.

I use 500 grit sand paper to rough the finish up again. I just take the paper and with very very VERY soft pressure rub the back of the neck until the shine dulls. Really light grade steel wool or a rough polishing cloth would have the same effect.

The real solution, IMHO, is Canary!
:icon_biggrin:

 

[line6man]

Nah, that would just go through the finish and expose the wood at some point, so I wont bother.

Using 0000 steel wool is common practice. Everyone does it at some point or another, when then end up with a glossed up satin. It would take a considerable amount of effort to sand down to bare wood with fine steel wool.

 

[Cederick]

Well, I guess you're right haha.