Lightening up a whale blue quilted top

[Boardwlk17]

Is there any way to lighten up a whale blue quilted top. It has a beautiful quilted top on it but you can't see it

 

[dmatthews]

Leave it in the sun?

 

[Greywolf]

UV will surely fade it,but with nitro can cause some amber to come in. The best way unfortunately is to refinish it . Backsanding removes the "excess" stain then re shoot the clear . Certainly a job for a pro .

 

[DISTORT6]

Sell it and find another one.

 

[Wakester]

You could just let it faded naturally. They all do. Some faster than others.

 

[bodia]

Mine was so dark, and hid the good looking top, too. I sent it to the PTC and it came home as Purple Hazel. Looked great.

 

[Sybo]

Sell it and find another one.

Yup…..

 

[JasonE]

I am not sure if they changed the dye for this color over the years. I know that the older Whale Blue used to fade with UV light. I have seen some that faded really fast. I don't know if they are still using the same blue dye that they did back then. It seems like I haven't seen as many faded examples in quite a while.