Will Polar White Fender Player series eventually turn into cream-colour?

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I don’t think the paint will fade much, and if so it’ll be a couple decades before it looks like cream—even in the conditions you described with sunlight and smoke. I picked up a ‘93 polar white MiM Strat in the early 00’s that had lived for a decade in those exact conditions and it was definitely whiter than my classic series 70’s in Olympic White.

Do you just want a creamier white? The player series has a Buttercream color, which is super creamy, almost yellowed. I kinda want one myself, with a dark Pao Ferro board and a mint green guard!



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Give it twenty years.

 

This 89 was quite white when i got it but now 30 years later it's more like olympic white i think

 

Polar White is bullet proof .

 

most of the Polys, both 'esters and Urethanes are far more resistant to the effects of UV light than the old Nitros. AND a lot of the modern formulations of Nitros and about everything else have UF inhibitors in 'em to resist the change int he color over time...

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It might get sliiiiiiiiiiiightly more close to parchment, but I've seen lots of 10, 15 year old Arctic whites that didn't change a bit, at least to my eyes. I'd say that Olympic white is indeed a different color.

 

It will yellow. Here's a 2018 Fender American Special that only gets indirect sunlight.

 

My 2003 arctic white turned cream, I also gigged with that guitar almost exclusively for 10 years too... lots of outdoor gigs and smoke factor in...

 

Paint formulas change every few years, so past performance is not indicative of future performance.

 

maybe long after you're gone...

 

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Depends on the clear coat.

That is what darkens the white to cream.

 

Will it be stored in a closed case, or perhaps placed on a stand with bright sunlight streaming through a large window in the room, or a combination of the two?

BTW, my Arctic White Tele has turned!

 

Unfortunately I sold the old polar white Strat years ago, and do not have any immediately accessible pics of the two guitars side by side for the comparison. I also recently stripped and sold the body of that Olympic White 70’s MiM, but here are some shots of the body. You can even see it’s aged slightly from the shade behind the guard, but this is an ‘05 body, so it does take a while! If you am just want your arctic white Strat to age well, it will!







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If you've got a stripper girlfriend (or boyfriend), have them take the guitar into the tanning bed for some heavy UV exposure.

Just like a stripper, the UV accelerates aging by a factor of 10x

 

I have a ‘93 arctic white 50th anniv. Am. Std. that’s turned creamier looking naturally over the years, just from the passing of time I guess. It’s never been exposed to sunlight much, but has been gigged. Purposely exposing a nice musical instrument to sunlight for extended periods just doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t get it. But, whatever turns a person on.

 

Never been a fan of the outdoor gig. Too many disasters to talk about have happened, but I go where the music takes me!

 

My 2017 Olympic White Strat has darkened to a more creamy off white in short order. It's not I full view of a window either and doesn't leave my house.