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03-31-2007, 10:44 PM
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yet another hydration question.
my dads 610 is very dehydrated and for the past week he has been keeping a dampit in the body of the guitar with the sound hole cover ontop with the guitar in the case. The guitar just isn't sucking the water out of the dampit at all. I recommended that he sits the case out in the sun hoping that the water in the dampit would evaporate faster due to a rise in temperature.....what do you guys think?
Dave
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03-31-2007, 11:25 PM
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By saying that the guitar is not sucking the water out of the dampit, do you mean that the dampit remains moist when you check on it? If that's the case, then perhaps humidity is not the issue. If the air is dry, the dampit WILL dry up. Are you sure that the guitar is dehydrated?
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04-01-2007, 12:48 AM
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I'd be careful about leaving the case out in the sun too - heat can cause a good bit of damage to the guitar as well. If you had a way to monitor the temp inside of the case then I'd say go for it since you could keep an eye on it. How did it get dried out in the first place?
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04-01-2007, 10:41 AM
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oh yeah the videos on the taylor site are great, I saw them a long time ago. Yes the guitar is dehydrated, the ruler test shows it very nicely, how it got so dehydrated I have no clue, it's my dads. We currently have two dampits in it, but they will remain moist for 4 days or so despite the guitar being so dehydrated. I'm thinking that the guitar case might not be warm enough for the water in the dampits to evaporate which is why I said put the case in the sun or somewhere warmer.
This is his junker guitar though, he has a 914ce that he keeps good care of. He recently called taylor to see about having it go in to get worked on and they told him there is about a 3 month waiting period to get it looked at, they must be busy.
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04-01-2007, 02:55 PM
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It can take weeks to bring a severely dried guitar back.. Patients!
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04-01-2007, 02:56 PM
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you definitely don't want to use the sun as an agent to speed up the dehumidifying of the dampit. you want the guitar to be the agent to draw out the moisture. hot sun has soften glue and we all know what holds a guitar together!
just be patient and let the dampits do their thing. the guitar WILL suck out the moisture at it's own rate. which is the best rate most of the time. you can also try a plastic soap travel case with some dime quarter sized holes cut out of the top with a wet sponge (not dripping) and put it in the headstock area in the case as well.
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04-01-2007, 03:12 PM
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I don't think you would accelerate the absorption of water significantly by heating up the guitar case and you run the risk of damaging the guitar.
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04-01-2007, 03:12 PM
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i have read on this forum recently about putting guitar in bathroom while having a shower,i spose if you have a hygometer you could monitor your levels.just a thought.
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04-01-2007, 06:58 PM
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04-02-2007, 02:39 PM
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http://www.planetwaves.com/pwhumidity.aspx
At the Taylor roadshow I attended last week, they recommended getting the Humidipak, from Planet Waves (link above)...said they'd been testing it for a while, and were impressed--it keeps guitar at 45% humidity, whether it's humid or dry...no water added. It's supposed to last a long time, but I can't find just how long that is...anyway, I'm going to try it. Right now, I use three ocello sponges in my guitar case, and it works ok...I'm in Arizona, btw...where the room is usually around 22% most all year long...
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