Guitar Finish Aging

[strikeblack]

Does anyone know how I can prevent my guitar (white) finish from turning into yellowish/aged white? Is there something I can apply on the guitar body to prevent the finish from changing??

Thanks.

 

[faekildare]

Does anyone know how I can prevent my guitar (white) finish from turning into yellowish/aged white? Is there something I can apply on the guitar body to prevent the finish from changing??

Thanks.

Don't keep it in the bag often and play your guitar more often. This isn't a joke. I realized that it's something to do with the humidity and alkali in the paint.

 

[CaboWabo]

what? shouldnt leaving it out age it faster?
anyway go for poly finished guitars if u dont like aging

 

[faekildare]

what? shouldnt leaving it out age it faster?
anyway go for poly finished guitars if u dont like aging

That's what I thought at first until most of my poly finished guitars started turning yellow cause i left them under the bed in a bag. Do a search on humidity and yellowing. You will get the answer.

 

[CaboWabo]

that's weird... hmm so what do u suggest if i wanna age my nitro finish guitars at a way quicker rate? haha i heard the best is to sun them lol

 

[zesn]

Yay i thought poly guitars won't age that well.

 

[zaidi534]

I guess there's no real way to prevent white finishes from turning yellow, or cream. There are several factors that leads to yellowing. Unless you smoke or leave the guitar out of the case, it'd help to delay the yellowing process. For a poly finish, white guitars tend to age/yellow slower as compared to nitro finish. Or if you look at it differently, nitro finish tends to yellow more than poly finish in, for example, five years time. Or if you're that desperate, you could always sand down the lacquer and repaint it white.

I actually like white guitars that have turned yellow or cream,they actually look really nice if they sit right in front of your eyes. Though I still have yet to acquire a white guitar... Maybe I'll pick up a custom or a tele in white.

 

[Osiris]

While a yellowed, aged appearance looks good on certain models of guitar, some look best in the white they were finished in brand new. Unfortunately, it seems like this yellowing is unavoidable...

Personally, I like that vintage look too, and would therefore go for those guitars who can pull-off that look. Always wanted an LP Custom in Alpine White, but cannot, for the life of me, justify buying a 2nd electric guitar!!

 

[joewong]

One possible solution is to use car paints on the guitar and give it a good polish like those used on cars. It may help slow the aging process of turning yellowish or cream. I have a Les Paul alpine white custom and I love the aged whitish-yellowish look. Gives the guitar so much more character and street cred.

 

[ShredAddict]

It's actually the type of paint used that determines whether the guitar stays white or not. There is one vintage Gibson SG placed at guitar connection's glass display area and that polaris white is still as white as it is since day one. Nitro is not the main cause of colour fading.

 

[CaboWabo]

hmm say i wanna age a one ply white pickguard
any advise as to that?

 

[relinquish69]

^ you should get this

http://www.monsterrelic.com/pickguards.htm

 

[CaboWabo]

Nice!
Dont see any pricing on the products, are the pricey?

 

[relinquish69]

quite pricy. close to $100 if not more but the aging itself is a work of art.

 

[zaidi534]

Pee on it.

Nah I'm just messing with ya. You could soak it in Pepsi. Or you could do this, found on an another forum:

Lightly sand the whole pickguard, make some really strong, cold black coffee in a container big enough, and soak the pickguard in it for about half an hour. Then take it out and lightly dab it dry with a cloth or kitchen paper.

 

[relinquish69]

aging the pickguard is not about just changing it's colour. it has to age naturally to look nice. dirt around the pickup covers and under the knobs. stress cracks near the neck pickup height adjustment screw. all these add to the mojo.