shinksma
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As some may have read here (specifically in the Silver Sky thread), String Swing guitar hangers, normally considered safe for nitro finishes, are causing issues for Silver Sky models.
Folks are now having to resort to cotton cloths or other barriers.
I realized that the String Swing holder "arms" are about the size of a finger. So I bought some cheap "cotton" gloves off Amazon, and cut off the fingers to use as a short piece of tubing over the holder arms.
The material is stretchy - I suspect it is a cotton-spandex blend, usually 5% or less spandex from what I gather. I am hoping it truly is cotton, and the small presence of spandex will not be detrimental.
I'm going to experiment with my Silver Sky, and will report as soon as I get a failure indication (the nitro marking up). If nothing happens long term, then "yay!". I'm also going to use a regular non-nitro finish as a control group. Actually, I will use two: one maple like my 305, one glossed up like my CU24.
It isn't super tidy - my mild OCD wants to get the fingers better fitting, but for $8 for a 12 pack (6 "pairs", but no L/R differentiation) I'm not gonna be too concerned. I can get 5 fingers from each glove - even the thumb works OK, though the pinky is a bit small. So that should cover 30 String Swings.
"Naked" String Swing:
With finger coverings:
The glove, alone and worn on my hand (I have small hands with thick-ish fingers, so the glove actually fits OK - would be too small for most adult Caucasian men):
Folks are now having to resort to cotton cloths or other barriers.
I realized that the String Swing holder "arms" are about the size of a finger. So I bought some cheap "cotton" gloves off Amazon, and cut off the fingers to use as a short piece of tubing over the holder arms.
The material is stretchy - I suspect it is a cotton-spandex blend, usually 5% or less spandex from what I gather. I am hoping it truly is cotton, and the small presence of spandex will not be detrimental.
I'm going to experiment with my Silver Sky, and will report as soon as I get a failure indication (the nitro marking up). If nothing happens long term, then "yay!". I'm also going to use a regular non-nitro finish as a control group. Actually, I will use two: one maple like my 305, one glossed up like my CU24.
It isn't super tidy - my mild OCD wants to get the fingers better fitting, but for $8 for a 12 pack (6 "pairs", but no L/R differentiation) I'm not gonna be too concerned. I can get 5 fingers from each glove - even the thumb works OK, though the pinky is a bit small. So that should cover 30 String Swings.
"Naked" String Swing:
With finger coverings:
The glove, alone and worn on my hand (I have small hands with thick-ish fingers, so the glove actually fits OK - would be too small for most adult Caucasian men):
