Once I got the engraved parts back, I did some further aging of the headstock plate and the truss rod cover, based on the tests I had done before, i.e. I dumped them in a layer of salt and slightly covered them in water. Once done, I let them sit for half a day.
This time, the result wasn't quite what I expected, but I went ahead anyway as I wanted to rub them off with the charcoal-colored wax that I had used already on the wooden body.
Also, I darkened a bit more the text on the pickguard, and based on the results that I had seen at the engraver's shop, I decided to use a permanent marker for that, marking all black and then rubbing it off again, so that only the text would remain slightly darker.
I then went ahead and mounted the plates.
In progress...:
...and done:
This time, the result wasn't quite what I expected, but I went ahead anyway as I wanted to rub them off with the charcoal-colored wax that I had used already on the wooden body.
Also, I darkened a bit more the text on the pickguard, and based on the results that I had seen at the engraver's shop, I decided to use a permanent marker for that, marking all black and then rubbing it off again, so that only the text would remain slightly darker.
I then went ahead and mounted the plates.
In progress...:
...and done:
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