Fading your finish

FBloke

FBloke

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Does anyone know if it's possible to accelerate the fading of the finish on your guitar's top? I've got a heritage cherry sunburst Les Paul that I'd really like to mellow the reds and yellows out on. How can this be achieved?
 
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i have the exact same guitar (only mine is a classic) and have thought about ur very same question. the only thing really that u can do is leav it where it can get sun. the only down side of this is that u may risk shrinkage in the body or neck. believe me, i have spent a long time trying to figure out a way to fade myu LP's tope without damaging it........you just have to leave it be, play it and rock out on it and just it age naturally.......its the only way. Mine is a 2003 Gibson LP Classic in the heritage cherry top and nickle hardwear. even thoough its is not very old, the nickle has already started to lose its shiny-ness and become dull, the body binding is starting to darken and turn yellowish and the nitro finish is starting to thin out too cuz the top is not as shiny anymore and its is having a very noticable effect on the finish (especially he red) so just give time man.......it will happen
 
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Sunlight

blah blah blah watch your heat and humidity blah blah

But, sunlight is the answer
 
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i've been leaving my MIM thick poly finnished start in the sunlight for at least 5 years now and it has yellowed pretty good... was white but it will be a light yellow in a few years... Nitro finnish i bet would age faster then my MIM's poly
 
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WhoFan said:
i've been leaving my MIM thick poly finnished start in the sunlight for at least 5 years now and it has yellowed pretty good... was white but it will be a light yellow in a few years... Nitro finnish i bet would age faster then my MIM's poly
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I was doing that too, but then i was having some shrinkage in my LP's maple top, so I stopped.
 
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the most XTREEEEME way is to surf the guitar down a flight of stairs without missing any sweep arpeggios.
 
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I have often wondered what my wife's tanning bed would do to a finish as far as fading is concerned. Never had the nerve to try it though:scratchch
 
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Sorry to interupt you... but what's the deal with fake "faded" finishes? It doesn't even have mojo since it's fake.
It's like those kids byung new shoes and deliberately making them dirty and all just so they look "punk".
Whatev.
 
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wanmei1 said:
You mean indirect sunlight.
Takes about 3 years but no shrinkage.
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my white MIM strat is on a stand 24/7... it is not in direct sunlight all day... not unless i leave the blinds open, which is just on the weekends... the neck is almost a vintage tint and the white is yellow.... i wonder if the pickguard would shrink greatly if i left it in direct sunlight more often...

i've heard of Les Pauls binding shrinking in the sunlight
 
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When it comes to feeding my fish, I put in 3 pinches of flakes, 2 pinches of shrimp pellets, and about 4 algae wafers.
 
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Easiest and fastest way is a re-fin.

The new dyes are very fade resistant you are literally talking several years to fade it in any natural way.
 
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