Bleaching Clay Dots? Help!

[daydreamdelay]

I  Misty


looked amazing with the other guard as well

[zhivago]

whenever I see pics of the guitar, I remember the pickguard...one of the finest examples ever!

Isn't that the guard I flattened and filed? It spent a few days under glass on my dock....

that's the one!

that guard's been around!!!

[bassVIst]

Why would one want to do that though... White clay dots look so...re-issue... Three of the dots on my '64 have almost disappeared into the background. I love that look!

word.

[mezcalhead]

Isn't that the guard I flattened and filed? It spent a few days under glass on my dock....

Yeah .. as zhiv says, it's a great example of a  light tort guard. Just slightly wavy up near the rhythm circuit .. if you look closely.

looked amazing with the other guard as well

True .. I did think about swapping with the mint guard on my '61, just to try it out for a while. That light tort would look wicked on surf green.

[fullerplast]

Yeah .. as zhiv says, it's a great example of a  light tort guard. Just slightly wavy up near the rhythm circuit .. if you look closely.

That thing was shrunk all to crap and was as curvy as a potato chip. I think zhiv was thinking of scrapping it. (Ironically, I used the '61 for the periodic fit checks as I filed, and it later went across the pond as well.)  I also tried to repair the crack, but when it started to look worse I gave up. Nitrate does not take either glue or epoxy well. It wouldn't even set up overnight!

[zhivago]

That thing was shrunk all to crap and was as curvy as a potato chip. I think zhiv was thinking of scrapping it.

thta is true...it was real bad, I didn't know what to fo with it...thank god Doug flattened it out and stuff...it worked out well in the end...so good to put the guard back on the guitar it came from.

that's one of the great things about the '64...it was all there apart from the missing tremolo arm when i got it...all it needed was the refin and the decal

[daydreamdelay]

I remember the pics of it before you had it refinished.. you really did a nice job on that one, perfect color choice that no one seems to go for. I know it never would've been on my radar but now I'm seriously considering FMG for one of my future projects. It's top five on this site and fantastic that it was able to stay in the family 

[fullerplast]

I wouldn't have expected to like the tortoise on there better, but I do!

Yep... that's a beauty for sure!

[mezcalhead]

...so good to put the guard back on the guitar it came from.

Oh cool .. you know, I'd got the impression that the tort guard had been one you'd got separately from Doug. I hadn't realized it was the original guard for the guitar. I'll definitely leave it on then.

[zhivago]

...so good to put the guard back on the guitar it came from.

Oh cool .. you know, I'd got the impression that the tort guard had been one you'd got separately from Doug. I hadn't realized it was the original guard for the guitar. I'll definitely leave it on then.

yup, yup....it was original to the guitar, but because of the warping, I had a mint green one installed...then Doug flattened it, so back it went

[FireAarro]

I took my guitar in for a refret and of course the clay dots came back clean and white. I was crushed!!  I'd kill to keep them orange and worn. 

I don't have a clue as to how to clean them properly.

I noticed how clean yours looked, and I was envious...

I hate dot-envy... 

Logically... you should swap dots.