Steve St.Laurent
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Recently built a '59 Strat clone/tribute that I finished in Colortone Vintage White Nitro and Nitro clear on the neck (a couple light coats of vintage tinted covered by satin). I wanted it to look like a well cared for vintage instrument so I looked into what yellows nitro (UVB) - and I found a UVB lamp and fixture used for testing yellowing on eBay for $52 ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/UVB-313EL-UV-15W-ink-paint-paint-products-yellowing-resistance-test-tube/184012213011?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 - caution it's from China and took about 6 weeks for delivery).
So I built a "tanning bed" by lining a box with tin foil and attached the lamp to the ceiling and a "door" to put on the ends to bounce light again. I put the guitar up on a box so that some of the light would be bouncing around underneath. I flipped the guitar over each night and took pics after a couple periods of time. The guitar went under the light on August 1st
The pics in order are:
1. Just after I finished the body (June 5th)
2 & 3. The light box
4. August 14th - 7 days (168 hours) on each side
5. same pic as #4 but with the contrast cranked to show it better
6, 7, & 8. August 19th - ~10 days (240 hours) on each side)
I've taken it out for now and will see if I want to yellow it more or not. Totally happy with the results so far!
So I built a "tanning bed" by lining a box with tin foil and attached the lamp to the ceiling and a "door" to put on the ends to bounce light again. I put the guitar up on a box so that some of the light would be bouncing around underneath. I flipped the guitar over each night and took pics after a couple periods of time. The guitar went under the light on August 1st
The pics in order are:
1. Just after I finished the body (June 5th)
2 & 3. The light box
4. August 14th - 7 days (168 hours) on each side
5. same pic as #4 but with the contrast cranked to show it better
6, 7, & 8. August 19th - ~10 days (240 hours) on each side)
I've taken it out for now and will see if I want to yellow it more or not. Totally happy with the results so far!