Struggling with temp and holding the guitar, anyone have any suggestions on how to minimise loss of grip in this aweful heat.
R.
turn on air conditioner
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Maybe wash your hands after they become soggy with sweat from the heat and/or play when it’s not so hot, if it’s possible.
Or get a fan.
Oh, and…
80 degrees… Pffft.
(Unless you mean Celsius, in which case you have bigger problems).
Cheers,
Keith
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26C. 
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Which guitar are you playing? If it is a gloss finish thus slippery and sticky with hands when hot, what I have done with my guitars is very lightly sand them to take the shine off down to a matt finish. It does work but you may not wish to do it yours. 
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I was using the Epi ES 339, I could consider doing that, which does have a gloss neck. As you know 
Maybe try spraying your palms with an antiperspirant deodorant?
That’s what our A/C is set to. 
Cheers,
Keith
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I have done just that on my Epi ES 339. 
It does not take much and use a very fine grit, just enough to take the shine off.
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It’s 28 C even here in Southern Finland. Could you borrow me your A/C? Two degrees less would be nice 
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Winter temps! At least a warm winter’s day.
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As much as I was chuckling with 26 degrees being considered hot, because it’s almost always hotter than that here, loss of grip is not a bad thing. Perhaps it would simulate a faster neck on the guitar - when I tried some Gibsons I found their necks too grippy/slow.
Wash hands so they’re clean, use a neck wipe (I use fingerease with a microfibre cloth sometimes), and make sure you’re anchoring the guitar with your right arm.
My problem in hot weather is usually holding onto the pick.
I’ve just been in a Jam session in the basement of a building with no A/C. I’m not sure what the temperature in the room was (with a couple of valve amps and a PA running) but the outside temperature:
A few times I felt the pick sliding around and had to stop and dry my hand on my shirt.
Cheers,
Keith
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Not down here!
Melbourne, practically Antartica!
I was exaggerating slightly, tomorrow is 24…
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Clean hands before playing.
Have a microfibre cloth nearby and wipe often.
Do not put products on your hands - the residue will gunk up your strings worse than just sweat alone.
ps
Mrs C and I have just spent a week in the Lake District, Cumbria. A place known for cloud, rain, cold, unpredictable weather year-round. We packed a lot of clothing on the just-in-case principle. It was a dry and roasting hot heatwave with 30C plus all week. Phew. Scorchio.
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My ideal place when I retire
TY.
Hope you both had a lovely break, it’s really beautiful up that way.
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Really. ! All these replies over sweaty hand , WOW, I like being popular lol. 
R.
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FYI, apparently the temperature Averaged over the year in the UK, is just 8 to 9.5c - ish
R.
