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Old 08-02-2014, 02:12 PM   #7
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Default Re: Why do some cellos turn brown?

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Originally Posted by T.G View Post
They weren't listed in any particular order, but you want to get technical about it, age is actually a culmination of many of the other factors combined.

I once turned a pile of used but still clear cello to a dark amber resembling cello found on cigars 10-15 years old in a matter of just a few weeks just by sealing them in a tupperware with a ramekin of ammonia and setting the tupperware where it would be exposed to some heat.
hah, chemistry at work. So, now here is an interesting idea. Take off all of these cellos, turn them dark amber, carefully get them back onto the ROTT cigars and then cell them as aged cello cigars!!!
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