RadioSilence Posted August 26, 2008 Report Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) saw this in a thread over at harmony-central harmony-central.com/forums/ making a new maple neck look old by staining the clear coat with shoe polish. i think it looks pretty good, any reason why i shouldn't do this? 1. new neck 2. cover the sucker in shoe polish link 3. et voila, instant vintage link Please limit picture posting to one Pic per post, links to the others, except in the In progress and finished work section . Just a friendly reminder MK Edited August 26, 2008 by MiKro Quote
zyonsdream Posted August 26, 2008 Report Posted August 26, 2008 good idea, just wouldn't want it rubbing off on my hands and if you didn't scuff the clear it's likely that it will wear off quickly and return to it's shine. Never know how shoe polish might impregnate the clear coat though. Quote
soapbarstrat Posted August 27, 2008 Report Posted August 27, 2008 I keep hearing more and more about how it wears off. A vicious cycle : You want your new neck to look old, so you quickly make it look old, but then from wear, it starts to look more new in places. Maybe eventually it looks so weird, you buff all the shoe polish out, then it really looks new, more new than if you would have just treated it like a regular guitar and got honest wear during that time. And what does one get out of making a guitar look old right away ? "check it out, looks vintage don't it ? " "Hell yeah, looks real old" "yeah, been sitting here thinking about how vintage it looks" "yeah, real cool vintage look" " think it needs to look even more vintage ? " "not sure, maybe we need to look at pics of real vintage guitars" "I already spent 6 hours today doing that" "oh, well guess you better leave it be then. How does it play ?" " not sure, never played it. Afraid it might take away from the vintage look". Quote
zyonsdream Posted August 27, 2008 Report Posted August 27, 2008 this thread reminds me, I need to polish up my Dr. Martins! Quote
WAK Guitars Posted August 27, 2008 Report Posted August 27, 2008 Thats pretty cool. It really did make it look vintage. But for some reason I find the #2 picture SO cool haha. Quote
Tim37 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 "check it out, looks vintage don't it ? " "Hell yeah, looks real old" "yeah, been sitting here thinking about how vintage it looks" "yeah, real cool vintage look" " think it needs to look even more vintage ? " "not sure, maybe we need to look at pics of real vintage guitars" "I already spent 6 hours today doing that" "oh, well guess you better leave it be then. How does it play ?" " not sure, never played it. Afraid it might take away from the vintage look". im glade im not the only person that has meaningless conversations with themselves Quote
vintage guitars Posted September 14, 2008 Report Posted September 14, 2008 How long do you leave the shoe polish on neck before you remove it? Thanks. Quote
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