How to age a white pickguard?

[kohntarkosz]

I left a pickguard in direct sunlight for six hours. Now it is parchment. The contrast between the front and the back is notable.

 

[Human Element]

I aged some strat knobs by soaking them in strong tea. Sealed them in a jar sat in the sun for 4-5 days. Washed them. Looked like 15 years of smokey bar gigs.

 

[southpaw723]

This might sound weird: I got a Squire J bass and the headstock was pretty much white. I wanted that cool old Fender honey look. So I put some baseball bat pine tar (stick) on the headstock and rubbed it in there. I rubbed it in real goad so there was no thick or sticky residue. It turned out really nice. I don't know how well that would work on something plastic like a pickguard, but there is really no risk. It comes of f with water and some scrubbin'.

 

[Milk]

I with an ugly white pickguard, so I'm going to put a tort one soon,

I realise this is from 2009 but.. the irony.


I'll never understand the love for tort pickguards. This is pretty much the only pickguard color that's a no go for me.

 

[kohntarkosz]

I realise this is from 2009....

OP's pickguard is probably no longer white! Five years of stray UV later...

 

[E.J. T.N.T.]

1) Steal a Delorean

2) take the pickguard back to the future and place it in a secure spot that you will have access to in the future.

3) go home and find it.

Did this. Now I am my own grandfather...

 

[Milk]

OP's pickguard is probably no longer white! Five years of stray UV later...

Personally i hate when it yellows. Whit e should be white. Cream is fine but from sunlight, it gets yellowed, not really cream. Its like peed on snow. It doesn't look nice to me. Im changing the knobs and pickguard on my Squier Strat for this reason soon and i'm bummed i cant change the pickups (also white and have yellowed). Well i mean i could but i dont want to invest in new ones. Id rather know how to de-age white hardware instead of age.