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Grill coth aging?

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12/22/1999 4:46 AM
Paul T.	Grill coth aging? I have some new silver sparkle grill cloth as used on BF Fender amps, and would like to know the best way to give it an aged tint [without waiting for 35 years!] Anybody have experience using a particular process for this effect? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Paul T.

12/22/1999 5:58 AM
SpeedRacer	Coffee is supposed to work nicely..

12/22/1999 7:33 AM

Speed:

And I was going to suggest smoking a lot of cigarettes... (Or are you being serious? Like soaking it in coffee, then rinsing it off and letting it dry before stretching it out on the baffle board?)

Have a Merry Christmas! (I was going to add "and Many Happy Returns" but since you now are in the retail business of selling your custom transformers I think I better skip that...)

Steve Ahola

12/22/1999 3:36 PM
SpeedRacer	I'd take many happy returns over many unhappy returns.. (whatever that means..!) serious on the coffee though.. soak it, dry it, try it out. Great for that yelllow-y dingy mojo vibe. Haven't done it myself but I hear it's a very effective method. Have a happy (whatever!) y'all!!

12/22/1999 8:19 PM
Michael Schulze	Of course for a really convincing job we need to figger out how to get the baffleboard and speaker patterns to show through the ageing like on on a REAL ol amp...

12/23/1999 3:09 AM
SpeedRacer	UV light would probably handle that.. how many hours is anyone's guess.

12/23/1999 4:08 AM
SteveF	Yes, but for that authentic vintage look nothin' beats a dose of dog pee. Every amp I ever had.... you get the picture. sf

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