I still have a little bottle of dark amber colored tuner stain to vintageize replacement tuners for a mandolin, now long gone..I recently added it to my model paint box, and had success using it on a Mandoshawan Fifth Element resin figure from eBay. But, that stuff doesn't know the meaning of dry. You gotta walk away from a coating for five days before messing some more with it. Today I touched up some vintage dark amber Persol sunglasses with it, in areas where the plastic looked ghosted and pale. A perfect look...so far. Again, I'll wait a week before handling it. You ever use it?
They looked great. I am going to attempt the same on my old 12 string guitar. I have new ones which fit and work well but they don't match the rest of the aesthetic (they look out of place). If I can get my old ones cleaned a bit and working a bit better/smoother then they will be preferable. Thanks for the tips dude. I hope you don't me also asking if you have any tips on which oils are better to use on an older fretboard? All the best. Dan🎸
Thanks for the video, can you tell me where you got these vintage looking tuner ferrules? Thanks
I still have a little bottle of dark amber colored tuner stain to vintageize replacement tuners for a mandolin, now long gone..I recently added it to my model paint box, and had success using it on a Mandoshawan Fifth Element resin figure from eBay. But, that stuff doesn't know the meaning of dry. You gotta walk away from a coating for five days before messing some more with it. Today I touched up some vintage dark amber Persol sunglasses with it, in areas where the plastic looked ghosted and pale. A perfect look...so far. Again, I'll wait a week before handling it. You ever use it?
NICE
Thank you :)
They looked great. I am going to attempt the same on my old 12 string guitar. I have new ones which fit and work well but they don't match the rest of the aesthetic (they look out of place). If I can get my old ones cleaned a bit and working a bit better/smoother then they will be preferable. Thanks for the tips dude. I hope you don't me also asking if you have any tips on which oils are better to use on an older fretboard? All the best. Dan🎸
Really helpful thanks
Might be bakelite tuners.
you mean wine vinegar?
Once you said bleach but you used hydrogen peroxide instead.
Same thing with teeth. People say bleach your teeth, but it’s peroxide.