How to make aged pickguard?

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:04 pm

I got CIJ Jaguar
I want make aged look pickuard. Can I do by myslelf? What should I do?
On ebay that kind of PG cold mint green

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:07 pm

or it will be easer just bring it from ebay?

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:02 pm

if you have a white PG, you could try to "age" it. there was an article at kinman.com about aging pickup covers, but i can't find it anymore, so i guess it's now in the "member area". (kinman is such a member... hehe)

well, anyway, it was something like this: you just put the pickup cover (in your case - the pickguard) into hot water (like, 100C hot) and depending on the color you want, the water should be with coffee for vintage white, or with green or mint tea for mint (hah!). i think you also might apply some chemicals to the PG before you put it in water, to "melt" it a bit, so it will become more responsive to diffusion. (sorry, can't explain better, not that good at english).

also, i think somebody posted about aging their mustang covers on this board.

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:04 pm

hm
спасибо+)

william · Post by **william** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:25 pm

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:18 pm

Leave it in a tray of tea over night.

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:35 pm

doest it "strong" method?
may be it wash off like in teacup?

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:01 pm

leave it in direct sunlight for a month. but make sure the area isn't too hot or it will melt

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:08 pm

chisa wrote:leave it in direct sunlight for a month. but make sure the area isn't too hot or it will melt

thats too long
in Moscow is overcast now, so I dont want to wait untill june+)

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:10 pm

play it in smokey bars for gigs on end???
in other words, AGE IT!

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:21 pm

Haze wrote:play it in smokey bars for gigs on end???
in other words, AGE IT!

I'm asking about quick methods without chance to get chronic lung disease+)

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:55 pm

Brown shoe polish, put it on and leave it for a while and then wipe it off. Many people use shoe polish.

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:05 pm

TheBurbz wrote:Brown shoe polish, put it on and leave it for a while and then wipe it off. Many people use shoe polish.

thanks!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:06 pm

i may be wrong about this, but you may have to sand the guard with like 2,000 grit sandpaper just to roughin it up a bit.
and then proceed to soak it in tea, beer, coffee, whatever.
or just stick it in a box with about 200 burning ciggarettes.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:58 pm

winterfrost wrote:doest it "strong" method?
may be it wash off like in teacup?

When are you going to wash your scratchplate with the dishes?

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:36 pm

Preheat oven to 200F. Fill a pan (sheet pan or deeper that the pickguard will fit into flat) with enough hot water to submerge the pickguard. Add a decent splash of RIT Kelly Green liquid fabric dye, 1/2 ounce or so. Place pickguard body side down in the pan of water so it is submerged. Place in oven and check periodically by taking out the pickguard and running it under water and washing with a washcloth. You can use soap if needed. You can vary the color a bit by adding RIT yellow liquid, and/or dry RIT brown. If color doesn't take, you may need to scuff the pickguard a bit with steel wool.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:44 pm

there is a way to do it with acetone and RIT fabric dye. people do it to there gameboys a lot. trying to find out more about it.....

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:44 pm

ah here we go:
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I would think you could do it like this except use a lot less dye if you just wanted an aged look. could also be good for things like making white robroes black.

Post by **junkbox** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:26 am

You won't get that gigged, nicotine stain look without nicotine/smoke.
Some dudes set up smoke boxes others just "apply" the nicotine.

One application method is to breath heavily onto the portion you want to apply, and let the smoke from a cigar (held closely) attach to the moist parts. after a few rounds and a few well placed applications, the nicotine will harden to the plastic (reckon you could pre-sand it with 1000 grit to "prime it"). Then through natural play, you will rub off the nicotine from places that are brushed against regularly. This is more like natural wear in that you can technically deep clean it to remove the nicotine, but it won't come off otherwise.

here's some pics of a 'smoked' setup:

winterfrost · Post by **winterfrost** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:03 pm

thanks