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Generally i do actual physical wear and use circuit board etchant, but that is more successful on nickel. I just picked up an aged neckplate of ebay. In my experience chrome ages a lot less than most relic examples you see. You get surface scratches and pitting, but very little actual discolouration
you can see my usual methods for nickel over here:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/55672/build-thread-pancake-body-les-paul-deluxe/p8
but i am trying new things on this one
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and nothing:
but hold on, whats that you see with a flash?
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so yeah, its getting there
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thanks. There is no real trick to it just stay away from the belt sander or anything too aggressive.
I think I used an orbital sander with 400 g to go more fo the way, then increased to 800 and 1200g to finish.
You can see on the contour where the blue is obviously very thin and quite patchy next to the worn through bits, a little more sanding and that would all be white - so just pay close attention to what's happening as you go
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The guard cost £3.68 from china and its actually pretty good. I picked it up as I wanted to try there self adhersive acoustic guard material. Its proper 4-ply with see through "celluloid" style top layer rather than printed, and whilst the patterns are a bit vague they are on a par with other modern celluloid reproductions. Okay, its not a Spitfire guard, but its alright
The neck pickup is ordered too, So i will be modding the guard once it gets here. and i need to get some pics of the checking as its looking rather nice now
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first thing is do dull the plate a bit
then add some fake dirrt and clean it up a bit
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