(ageing? age-ing? aging? anyway...)
I wasn't planning on changing the tuners on my CS336, but Stewmac had some Tonepros Klusons for $35, so I've just bought a set, having had them on my SG for years. Obviously the new ones are super-shiny and new, whereas the rest of the guitar is not so shiny & new (!), so I'm wondering how people have made these look a bit less sparkly.
Any kind of acid beyond vinegar or lemon juice will be tricky because of geography, but I have full stocks of wire wool & micromesh, which I've used to good effect on stuff like neck plates, but might be harder to use on a set of machineheads. All I want is to take the shine off and make them not look new.
Any tips?
Old machineheads:
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Two tupperwares - one big and one small. Liquid into the big one (about 1 cm depth) tuners into the small one and then let it float on top - lid on and then check back every half hour or so until you get some tarnishing.
Wear some good protective gloves and be careful!
If you do knock back the shine with wire wool, be careful using acid at a later stage as you'll risk going through to the copper layer underneath, which might be a bit too much ageing for your tastes.
All I want is "not shiny" in places.