JB; white to aged white

I´ve just bought a white JB. My pickguard is aged white. Anybody knows what can I do to match the colours?

Krylon makes spray paint that adhears to plastic called FUSION
Dover white is the one you want

1 for the Krylon Fusion paints. They dry fast and they have the appearance of original plastic (almost).


Originally Posted by i7bernardoI´ve just bought a white JB. My pickguard is aged white. Anybody knows what can I do to match the colours?

You have a PM.

Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.?

I wonder if you could soak it in strong coffee for a couple of days without hurting anything? That's how I age new Fender Grill Cloth to look like 40 year old Fender Grill Cloth.

Lew

Soaking a pickup in coffee? Yikes... Coffee is a tad acidic and who knows what havok that would reap on the copper wires. I wouldn't try that even with someone else's pickup.

I also noticed the coffee trick doesn't work on some plastic. The trem tip and 5 way switch tip stayed white even after a week in black coffee. Same with the single coil pickup covers. They looked a little darker till I wiped the wet coffee off them and also wiped off a weeks worth of tinting... doh!

How about a Duncan double cream with a loose cover.


Originally Posted by Fusion1Soaking a pickup in coffee? Yikes... Coffee is a tad acidic and who knows what havok that would reap on the copper wires. I wouldn't try that even with someone else's pickup.

i think he meant take the bobbins off and soak them


Originally Posted by ex-250i think he meant take the bobbins off and soak them

But the coil is wrapped around the bobbins...

quot;Boy...how you gonna keep the paint off of the polepieces, tape, etc.? quot;

I figure that you could scrape the paint off with a straight pin
the screws can be removed.
Or...
if you are really careful, you could apply some vasoline (or something like it) with a toothpick to the slug poles so that the paint wouldn't stick

You can take all the screws and slugs out of the pickup and mask the black tape with some masking tape if you don't want overspray on the tape, and then have fun painting your pickup with the Fusion Krylon paint.

That's even a better idea

Be sure you clean any greasy film off the bobbin before you paint it though in order to get good adhesion


Originally Posted by StratcatHow about a Duncan double cream with a loose cover.
Originally Posted by i7bernardoI´ve just bought a white JB. My pickguard is aged white. Anybody knows what can I do to match the colours?

Ussing the pickup for a while?

I couldn't resist...


Originally Posted by n00bBut the coil is wrapped around the bobbins...

well they make those replaceable bobbin top things (i see em online all the time) i figured you could do it with any pickup. if not, then putting a whole pickup in any liquid is a terrible idea IMO

Wait 50 years

get a white scratchplate?

But seriously, maybe a few weeks in the sun, on the dash of your car. Ohh, but then the wax-potting might oooze out and off. Maybe you could use a stain of some sort. Visit the art supply store. It might even be in a pen format