Ageing New Parts?

hey guys, I am looking to relic / wear the parts on the StratoPester, but how might I SAFELY go about doing this?

Also looking for a solution to ageing the pickguard fast.

https://books.jbhifi.com.au/Book/how...FceUvQodvS8A1Q

Find, buy, borrow this book. He gives a fairly extensive run through on the relic-ing process. (My local library has it and I've read it a number of times.)

If you are looking to age any wood parts, acetic acid + steel wool does a good job

If youre looking to age a neck, a little fine sandpaper followed by a rub of graphite dust on the fretboard does it really nicely and also slightly increases the playability of the neck (in my opinion). And then a bit of sanding on the back of the neck to expose a little raw wood and playing will let your skin oils do the rest.

@ihasmario I'm not looking at wood parts, I need ageing advice on chrome / nickel parts
@ultpanzi yeah, I am going to try that tomorrow

Tie them to a length of string and drag them around the block behind your pushbike... Then soak them in a solution of salt water and vinegar for a week then hang em up to dry.
When dry, give them a buff with steel wool and presto! Aged hardware!
Note: this wont work on the pickguard ;)

HAHA Love that technique DB, have you tried this method ?
With the hills around your place might come back with 3 saddles on the bridge missing !
Can I get a 1 hour leave pass from the NR to try this DB?

actually DB you might want to try this technique with pickguards but tie the string to the back of the car. We all know how much of a pickguard fan DB is !

For hardware try getting some coarse-ish sandpaper and putting in a few light scratches into the hardware in places that usually get banged up and arent vital to intonation, tuning, etc, then rub a little graphite powder in.

For the pickguard, tape off the section that will be under the strings and rub it on some carpet to to scuff it up a teensy bit. Take the tape off and rub on some brown shoe polish (the hard old school stuff) or really strong coffee. This should lightly build up a 'used' look.

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/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on May 14, 2014, 14:34
HAHA Love that technique DB, have you tried this method ?
With the hills around your place might come back with 3 saddles on the bridge missing !
Can I get a 1 hour leave pass from the NR to try this DB?

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Nah, just taking the pee in regards to dragging it around the block :)

But I have seen the salty water and vinegar method used, you just need to remove some of the chrome to allow it to work.... A wire wheel on a bench grinder would do it..

DB taking the Pee ? I don't believe that !
yer I thought dragging hardware on the road was pretty harsh pardon the pun.
So do I still get the one hour leave pass DB ?

Yeah, OK Woks. you get to do the Pizza run ;)

oh gee thanks DB, I thought that was AJ's job, I'll be busy changing keg lines as its getting crowded in the NR and alot of thirsty operators