Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:28 pm
Why do Blue Boy Ricks turn green and White Ricks turn Yellow? Is it ALL related to the sun exposure? Can temperature changes do this?
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Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:34 pm
Also Silver Rickenbackers turn green. The clear coat yellows. Blue and yellow makes green, for example, and so forth.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:40 pm
My V64 turned yellow after treatment with cigarette smoke for 8 years.
I quit smoking three years ago, cleaned the guitar a few times with the advised product, and now it's in bright sunlight every day.
It is now less yellow than it was before.
I quit smoking three years ago, cleaned the guitar a few times with the advised product, and now it's in bright sunlight every day.
It is now less yellow than it was before.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:55 pm
IF you live in Belgium, which I'm guessing you do, how does your guitar get bright sunlight everyday!
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:58 pm
Welcome to the joys of conversion varnish topcoat. Even JG gets hazy over time. OTOH, it turned my standard FG 360-12WB ckbd into a "natural" almost "amberglo." Oh, yeah! (Could this be one reason that FG has always been a favorite color amongst all of us aficionados?!)
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:03 pm
And, in my opinion, it looks fantastic on Mapleglo...
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:21 am
So, father time causes the top coat to turn yellow? Anyway to prevent it?
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:27 am
Carbonite.TomLovesRics wrote:So, father time causes the top coat to turn yellow? Anyway to prevent it?
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:39 am
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:14 pm
Love the Carbonite suggestion.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:55 pm
An additional bit of yellowing comes from the scenescent lenticular yellowing associated with the aging eye.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:49 pm
Gee, thanks, Peter. I needed to be reminded that I'm getting old.admin wrote:An additional bit of yellowing comes from the scenescent lenticular yellowing associated with the aging eye.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:16 pm
kiramdear wrote:Gee, thanks, Peter. I needed to be reminded that I'm getting old.admin wrote:An additional bit of yellowing comes from the scenescent lenticular yellowing associated with the aging eye.
Yeah, thanks a bunch!
But I suppose there's another way to think about this. Since the eye starts making everything appear yellowed, we'll eventually get used to things having a yellow cast, so we'll probably adjust to it and think the guitars are returning to their original colors...
Or maybe not...
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:26 pm
Good question!david/wales/u.k wrote:IF you live in Belgium, which I'm guessing you do, how does your guitar get bright sunlight everyday!
Since I live in this house I can't remember it raining.
Re: Why do Blue Boys turn Green and White Ricks turn Yellow?
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:55 pm
What stuff are you on, Wim? Must be potent!wim wrote:Good question! Since I live in this house I can't remember it raining.david/wales/u.k wrote:IF you live in Belgium, which I'm guessing you do, how does your guitar get bright sunlight everyday!
JG + aging = green? Why?