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How do you age a gold pickguard?

Thanks

At the risk of being a wiseguy, you allude to the answer in your question. one word; Time. Though I'm sure someone has some quicker, clever ideas I'm not thinking of.Anyone?

I have an "aged" set of gold pickguards that should fit a 325 or 350. Email if interested.
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Thanks but I already have a pickguard.I just need to know how to age it.
Thank you

Billy: Trying to age the "new" plastics is one of the most difficult things. I had a chemist try to age a plastic switch bat or me a couple of years ago. It was not possible and we used, oil, gasoline, heat, and bomarded it with the equivalent of hundreds of years of ultrviolet light. Not all at the same time of course. In the end, nothing made any difference.

Your best bet, I would think, would be to put a few carefully chosen cracks in it.

LOL - I remember THAT thread Peter.
Talk about a saga.

Some people report success by soaking plastic in some unholy combination of coffee grounds, soy sauce, etc. The efficacy of this solution is probably dependent on the exact composition of the plastic. You might also try painting the guard with a coat of lightly tinted lacquer, such as the tinted clear coat sold by Guitar ReRanch.

You might seriously consider acquiring a extra pickguard (e.g. Kevin's) for aging. Gold pickguards aren't that easy to come by, and if you ever change your mind, you'll can revert to a a pristine original.

If you've got a little time, make your own. Use clear plastic, spray the back and edges(?) with gold paint, then spray the back with white. In a sense, it doesn't matter how good of a job you do, because you're going for the aged look, right?

Ill give it a try.I want to make it look like lennons on the sulliven show.Anyone know how to replicate the crack?

Its on a homemade pickguard not a real one.

Will see what happens

Thanks very much for all the help if anyone else has any idea's please leave me know.

To dupe a crack, try scoring it (i.e. with an X-Acto knife), then fill the crack with ink (i.e. Sharpie). Wipe across the crack to get the ink off the surrounding plastic.

soak it whiskey and expose it to cigarette smoke

Works every time.