Where to buy fake clay dots

SnazzyGeezer

I've been looking around for some Allparts (or another brand)of fake clay face and side dots but they seems to have fallen off the radar
I can't find them anywhere.
Anyone got any where I can buy them.

IvisonGuitars

I’ve heard of people using modelling clay before: drill for your dot, push the clay in, wait for it to dry, sand flat. I’ve not done it personally but can see how it’d be pretty straightforward.

axisus

I bought some great ones off of eBay a few years ago. Never seen any since.

I've been making my own with some success using modelling clay that you bake. Drilled some holes into a spare piece of aluminium, filled them with a mixture of white and flesh coloured modelling clay, baked in oven for a while. 

ICBM

The funny thing about this is that the original ones aren’t made from clay at all - that’s just a name they’ve acquired in the vintage guitar community. They’re actually made from fibreboard. The ‘clay’ appearance comes from how they shrink and absorb dirt.

IvisonGuitars

ICBM said:

The funny thing about this is that the original ones aren’t made from clay at all - that’s just a name they’ve acquired in the vintage guitar community. They’re actually made from fibreboard. The ‘clay’ appearance comes from how they shrink and absorb dirt.

Very interesting!  

Gagaryn

ICBM said:

The funny thing about this is that the original ones aren’t made from clay at all - that’s just a name they’ve acquired in the vintage guitar community. They’re actually made from fibreboard. The ‘clay’ appearance comes from how they shrink and absorb dirt.

This!