How long would I have to leave in sunshine?

[Ruck]

I was thinking of saving money by buying a white scratchplate thats already cut the way I need it for my specific precision bass and leaving it in the sunshine to age. How many weeks would I have to wait for the white to mellow?

[arthurhenry]

Ask a heavy smoker to leave it in their house.

[geoffbyrne]

Longer than you think - I used to work in the rag trade in the dyeworks side & we used to send samples to Singapore for sun exposure - it was reckoned 12 weeks there equaled about 2 years here.

G.

[ambient]

How about soaking it for a while in some very weak tea?

[steve-bbb]

ive got a squier j with a plate like that - i think they call the colour 'parchment'

[mikel]

Its a scratch plate, just put it on the instrument.

[Ruck]

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Its a scratch plate, just put it on the instrument.
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But it must be a certain shade of piss before I put it on. Yes Parchment is the name they use on WDmusic. The White is too garish for the Shoreline Gold finish. Ill try the tea approach!

[SH73]

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Ask a heavy smoker to leave it in their house.
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Quality 😂

[yorks5stringer]

In the unlikely event we don't get 12 weeks of sunshine you could try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSboSy3IsvM

[Dad3353]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSboSy3IsvM

[JoeEvans]

Take it to the tanning salon and bung it under a UV lamp for a couple of days.

[Ruck]

Loving these suggestions haha! That youtube video seems to be the ticket many thanks Dad3353 and Yorks5sringer

[bazzbass]

leaving the PG in the sun will warp it

[ProfJames]

Put it in a food smoker

[RhysP]

If you're having the scratchplate custom made anyway then just get it reliced how you want it.