Nickel Hardware?
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JB_From_Hell
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Re: Nickel Hardware?
I'm trying to figure out the same thing
I'm trying to figure out the same thing
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Wouldn't vinegar help?
Wouldn't vinegar help?
Innocent_Bystander
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I got the nickel hardware on my '61 RI SG pretty slopped up with just a few weeks of playing and not cleaning it off.
However, I took it in for a setup and the hardware came back all nice and shiny. :laugh2:
I got the nickel hardware on my '61 RI SG pretty slopped up with just a few weeks of playing and not cleaning it off.
However, I took it in for a setup and the hardware came back all nice and shiny. :laugh2:
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MartinSixStringCustoms
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To each is own, but I'll never understand why people want to age their guitars prematurely. Sure, old Les Pauls look cool when the parts are all worn, but to me, the mojo and coolness comes from the fact that the guitar is old and was played for a long time.
Just my .02.
To each is own, but I'll never understand why people want to age their guitars prematurely. Sure, old Les Pauls look cool when the parts are all worn, but to me, the mojo and coolness comes from the fact that the guitar is old and was played for a long time.
Just my .02.
tubeman87
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Re: Nickel Hardware?
nickel takes awhile to really start to show ware, any quick progress you see you can probably wipe clean and is just dust and grime, if you really want to "age" your nickle go to a janitoral supply store or a pool supply store and find your self some Muradic Acid ( **disclaimer YES MURADIC ACID IS HIGHLY CAUSTIC AKA IT WILL BURN YOU< SO USE PROPER PPE**) after you get your acid, get a container (plastic) and pour a small amount in the container (enough to cover bottom and about a half inch high) then place another smaller container in you big one (like a kid cup or something, or you could just put in a rag. Place your nickel on the rag or sm cup and cover you container. The fumes will "eat" away at you shinny nickle and corrode them, check in on the every 5-10mins the longer you leave them to more "aged" they will be.
After you reach your desired effect remove and rinse of with water, and there you go. "Aged" nickle.
Through out this process please wear a mask the fumes can burn your lungs
nickel takes awhile to really start to show ware, any quick progress you see you can probably wipe clean and is just dust and grime, if you really want to "age" your nickle go to a janitoral supply store or a pool supply store and find your self some Muradic Acid ( **disclaimer YES MURADIC ACID IS HIGHLY CAUSTIC AKA IT WILL BURN YOU< SO USE PROPER PPE**) after you get your acid, get a container (plastic) and pour a small amount in the container (enough to cover bottom and about a half inch high) then place another smaller container in you big one (like a kid cup or something, or you could just put in a rag. Place your nickel on the rag or sm cup and cover you container. The fumes will "eat" away at you shinny nickle and corrode them, check in on the every 5-10mins the longer you leave them to more "aged" they will be.
After you reach your desired effect remove and rinse of with water, and there you go. "Aged" nickle.
Through out this process please wear a mask the fumes can burn your lungs
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C-Martin
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Re: Nickel Hardware?
+1
i love how a guitar looks when its been worked and all but i prefer having my guitars looking nice and clean and let it age by itself with its own time.. like i love how my strat's transparent white (i think they called it white blonde eventho it was never realy blondish colored...) aged into a more slight blondy/yellowish tone with all the pucks and chips that came from 7 years of playing it... i wouldnt have bought my guitar if it was vintage white..
+1
i love how a guitar looks when its been worked and all but i prefer having my guitars looking nice and clean and let it age by itself with its own time.. like i love how my strat's transparent white (i think they called it white blonde eventho it was never realy blondish colored...) aged into a more slight blondy/yellowish tone with all the pucks and chips that came from 7 years of playing it... i wouldnt have bought my guitar if it was vintage white..
