i7bernardo
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I´ve just bought a white JB. My pickguard is aged white. Anybody knows what can I do to match the colours?
JB; white to aged white
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stratnpaul
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Re: JB; white to aged white
Krylon makes spray paint that adhears to plastic called FUSION
Dover white is the one you want
Krylon makes spray paint that adhears to plastic called FUSION
Dover white is the one you want
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Lewguitar
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Re: JB; white to aged white
Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.?
I wonder if you could soak it in strong coffee for a couple of days without hurting anything? That's how I age new Fender Grill Cloth to look like 40 year old Fender Grill Cloth.
Lew
Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.?
I wonder if you could soak it in strong coffee for a couple of days without hurting anything? That's how I age new Fender Grill Cloth to look like 40 year old Fender Grill Cloth.
Lew
Fusion1
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Re: JB; white to aged white
Soaking a pickup in coffee? Yikes... Coffee is a tad acidic and who knows what havok that would reap on the copper wires. I wouldn't try that even with someone else's pickup.
I also noticed the coffee trick doesn't work on some plastic. The trem tip and 5 way switch tip stayed white even after a week in black coffee. Same with the single coil pickup covers. They looked a little darker till I wiped the wet coffee off them and also wiped off a weeks worth of tinting... doh!
Soaking a pickup in coffee? Yikes... Coffee is a tad acidic and who knows what havok that would reap on the copper wires. I wouldn't try that even with someone else's pickup.
I also noticed the coffee trick doesn't work on some plastic. The trem tip and 5 way switch tip stayed white even after a week in black coffee. Same with the single coil pickup covers. They looked a little darker till I wiped the wet coffee off them and also wiped off a weeks worth of tinting... doh!
stratnpaul
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Re: JB; white to aged white
"Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.? "
I figure that you could scrape the paint off with a straight pin
the screws can be removed.
Or...
if you are really careful, you could apply some vasoline (or something like it) with a toothpick to the slug poles so that the paint wouldn't stick
"Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.? "
I figure that you could scrape the paint off with a straight pin
the screws can be removed.
Or...
if you are really careful, you could apply some vasoline (or something like it) with a toothpick to the slug poles so that the paint wouldn't stick
stratnpaul
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Re: JB; white to aged white
That's even a better idea
Be sure you clean any greasy film off the bobbin before you paint it though in order to get good adhesion
That's even a better idea
Be sure you clean any greasy film off the bobbin before you paint it though in order to get good adhesion
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Breogan
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Re: JB; white to aged white
Ussing the pickup for a while? :laugh2:
I couldn't resist...
i7bernardo said:
Ussing the pickup for a while? :laugh2:
I couldn't resist...
Toenail-Tommy
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Re: JB; white to aged white
get a white scratchplate?
But seriously, maybe a few weeks in the sun, on the dash of your car. Ohh, but then the wax-potting might oooze out and off. Maybe you could use a stain of some sort. Visit the art supply store. It might even be in a pen format
get a white scratchplate?
But seriously, maybe a few weeks in the sun, on the dash of your car. Ohh, but then the wax-potting might oooze out and off. Maybe you could use a stain of some sort. Visit the art supply store. It might even be in a pen format
