Greco finishes? What is Lacquer?

Axis · Plucker Joined: 20 Mar 2019 Posts: 2

Is there anybody that knows what kind of finish Lacquer is? I have a EGC-1000 from 1981 and a friend of mine owns a EGF-1200 from 1980 and another one has a SA-1200. Its clearly says in the specifications in the catalogue that they all should have "finish-lacquer".
Is this a hybrid of poly and nitro or is it poly or something else. In some forums they say that Greco were using some kind of hybrid finish of poly/nitro, and some says it nitro with additive and some talks about pre cut nitro.
By the way, none of the guitars above do NOT react to aceton.
Is there anybody out there that could give any clarity to this matter.

villager · Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 3:39 am Post subject:

its nitro with additives to stabilise ..
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Axis · Plucker Joined: 20 Mar 2019 Posts: 2

Ok, is this why the finish not reacts to Aceton?

villager · Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:35 pm Post subject:

if you leave the acetone on long enough it will react... but not like pure nitro..
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jumping@shadows · I only know 3 chords Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 23

Having stripped and refinished a few vintage Greco’s, the finish is nitro-ish over a poly sealer/pore filler coat, and actually much thinner and harder than same era Tokai fwiw..
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wulfman · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:16 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that first hand info, BTW your EGF-1200 restoration was amazing.

guitar hiro · Guitar God Joined: 05 Dec 2013 Posts: 475

to the OP:

the term 'lacquer' is a very generic, general term, which actually means nothing, because it could mean any thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquer