Deodorant ate my dupont (be warned)

bm7b5

FYI - just played a gig in a sleeveless shirt, and found a few sweat smudges where my arm meets the guitar. Used a rag, no luck. Used a generous amount of polish and tried to buff it out, nothing. After a little research I found that deodorant can melt away the finish. Really? I Always wipe down and fast fret before putting her up after a show. Now I'll have to live with these "dead spots" on the finish. unbelievable. Be careful out there!

Jeff Moore

Bummer about your Dupont. Even a stained Dupont is likely to be one of the better guitars on the planet.

I spent 8 years farming. Strong smells and chemicals seemed everywhere. The smells are organic though and were an integral part of the life of the animals and crops (and me too I spose) as much as the scenery. The chemistry was(is) scary and to be avoided for the most part. If it eats varnish, it can't be good for you either. Whoever sells us the impression that we need deodorant probably smells a lot like the rest of us. With the right advertising budget I bet we could convince lots of consumers that the smell of humans is as much a subject of idealization as varietal wines.

Bones

Just a pinch of baking soda, rub in your palms with a bit of your favorite skin lotion.

Works way better than deodorant and no chemies.

lacrossehotclub

Baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3) not a chemical? How so???

crookedpinky

I'm just a bit confused about how deodorant came to be on the part of the arm that comes into contact with the guitar. Normally when I apply mine it is resrricted to the armit area only - or the "oxter" as we call it in Scotland.

If deodorant does indeed eat through guitar finshes this might be good news for those of us who have struggled to remove some of the heavier polyurethane varnishes. Forget Nitromors, give it some Gillette 24 hour roll on.......

rimm

'oxters' excellent-we use the same word..

And the point is a valid one, arm placement in wrong place if finish effected. I fancy it could have been good old fashioned sweat-it stripped my old Taylor top-made it a bit shiney.

Joli Gadjo

So I guess that explains why most of those old French guitars don't have a shinny finish anymore... It's all been eaten by sweat and French deodorant.
Beware ! Don't buy a vintage guitar that still have its intact finish... means it hasn't been played much.. might not be a good guitar !