Edge of artist turning brown...

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Author Message   Ekkerman Username: Ekkerman Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 8:42 am:    hello everyone, on my artist the used to be white edge binding around the body is in some places colored brown. i think it was varnished to but i am not sure . can i bring it back to original without causing damage? any thoughts?   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 11:31 am:    Yeah I have some...but could you first post some pictures of the area(s) so we could see exactly the material you want to remove?   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 12:54 am:    What model Artist?   Ekkerman Username: Ekkerman Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 2:13 am:    its an ar100 polar white and the edge has browm smears like tiger stripes the rest is very beautifull but the discolourisation diminishes the outlook a bit. i dont know how to post a pic . sorry. can mail you a photo though   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 9:56 am:    Sounds like a very common chemical reaction or oxidation of the plastic binding material. Have you ever noticed how some bindings gently age gracefully into a nice, uniform cream patina and other get blotchy white/cream/yellow/orange/brown spotty...like our own complections as we age. I'm not aware of anything you can do about it except to scrape or sand (with '0000' grit paper) off some of the outer binding and lacquer. But why? It could be just pre-mature aging of the binding. I say leave it be and let the rest of the binding catch up with the discoloration.   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 5:33 pm:    I've seen the pictures...normal aging of the binding, over time it will even out into a near solid color...best thing to do in my opinion...leave it alone. I can offer no solutions to reverse the normal aging of binding.   Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 8:59 am:    I completely agree with Pit...do not attempt to remove this . The aged "patina" that were talking about will double the cost of a Gibby Les Paul and give it the "Historic" moniker, I think it gives the guitar character...About 3/4 of the Artists in my collection have this "spotty" aging to them, I don't think its a big deal, but my guitars are all AV,Burg or black..it probably looks weird on a white guitar..I'd still just leave it alone.......   Ibnose Username: Ibnose Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 11:12 am:    As I've mentioned in another post I have acquired an '81 nat flame ar100 and a '79 AV ar300/2619 ( this one from an ICW member who packed and shipped it like a pro ). They both have the issue discussed here. The ar100 has blotches while the ar300/2619 has a more uniform yellow-brown colouring. It looks unique and looks great. You should follow the advice from the others and be happy with your vintage looking axe. cheers Ib   Tbplayer Username: Tbplayer Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 2:16 pm:    hi guys new member here, my 2617's binding did the same thing. so did my '66 les paul. it is a common aging process. air and nitrocellous laquer. that why some guitars that are white turn cream or yellowed. leave it alone. gives the piece character.   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 11:15 pm:    Here's his guitar.

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