would it be possible to get in one post a summary of relicing techniques?
Aging the body - do you drop keys, scrape with scissors, chip with screwdrivers, rub on nuts and bolts, sand, if so what grit where when? do you use steel wool? what for what does it do? do you start with the finished guitar body,
Checking - do you use a heat gun (blow dryer ) and canned air or dry ice and a blow torch, when would you perform the checking - after or before all other body nicks/dings were made?
Plastic parts - how do you apply the coffee ? rag? do you buff the plastic first, or use napthala, and what about knobs - same procedure?
Metal - with nickel you use HCl or etching from Radio Shack, how do you apply it, submerge or use vapors. . . .
Neck - how to get finger marks on a mape fretboard - do you sand, stain and buff or something else - what about cigarrette burns on the headstock? how do you get these?
I am very new to this and there is very little information out on relicing so any help wopuld be appreciated . . .
thanks
rex
