Aging ABS humbucker bobbins

[FernandoDuarte]

Hello! I'm trying to order a set of single-sized humbuckers in ivory/light cream bobbins but couldn't find any bobbins this color, just the dark cream ones.
So I bought the white ones and I've tryed to tan it a bit on the sun, but had no success on it.

Any ideia/experience on aging ABS bobbins?
Thanks!

 

[Chistopher]

What pickups do you have? SD has a parchment option that sounds like what you want

 

[FernandoDuarte]

It will build here in Brazil, dollar is bizarrely expensive right now, it's impossible to buy foreign guitar parts unless you are damn rich

 

[Spaghetti Bolo]

I wish I could help but I've had no luck myself.

Some years ago I tried the usual things on a white Duncan; tea, coffee, boot polish etc, which did nothing. So I left it in my conservatory (Sunroom/Patioroom) for a whole summer. Sometimes I would leave it outside it direct sunlight; it got so hot the wax melted out of the bobbins.

The end result? No change in colour at all.




I ordered another set of Wilde A2 Microcoils recently and unfortunately they have stopped offering Parchment, so had to go with White rather than the too dark Cream.

 

[treyhaislip]

I’ve had good luck with boot polish and coffee/tea for white bobbins.

 

[hamerfan]

A good friend of mine and fellow guitarist is an engineer in plastic industrie. He said that does not work with modern colors and silicone additives. You need a mixture of aceton and color like here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d272v6G28wQ

 

[FernandoDuarte]

Thank you!