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Originally Posted by Wade Hampton
I own both and gig with both. Satin finishes are generally much faster to apply and to cure, so those guitars with it can be sold for a friendlier price than those with high gloss finishes.
Most guitarists don’t realize that applying a high gloss finish makes up about half of what it costs to build a professional quality guitar, due to the need to let successive layers cure before proceeding to the next, then the hand work needed to buff it out. The guitar factory employees who work in the finish department are usually among the most skilled and thus best-paid on the factory floor.
Wade Hampton Miller
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I was not aware of that. I could see that on a nitro cellulose finish, but is it the same for a poly finish, I thought they cured faster and took fewer coats?