The best advice I can give is to go to Stew Mac's website and buy Dan Erliwine's book on refinishing, Guitar Finishing Step-By-Step. It is a very good book, and will teach you what you need to do to get a professional job. It is a big job, and while none of the steps are particularly complicated, you need to understand the process to do it well. I would also advise you to avoid all methods you find on the internet, as they all get it wrong.
hey guys i am working to get a free guitar and you can too! just takes a little bit of time! if you would like to know how plz send me a message on here and i can help out!
I don't mind having them come out different from batch to batch, so I can't give you exact formulas. The Amber is probably mostly a "vintage amber" or something to that effect, with a bit of yellow added, and maybe just a grain or two (I'm using a dye powder) or red. The darker color I tend to think of as a "van dyck" brown, which is brown with just a bit of black added, say 10 parts brown to 1 of black, but I usually add a part or less of red as well.
Now that's a job. Listening to good music, nice and quiet, no one to bother you, and creating something that's beautiful and will bring joy to someone.
a hand rubbed finish like this gives you more control. Traditionally, when applying a sunburst directly to the wood like this you hand rub it. Sprayed sunbursts are usually tinted lacquer, and give a very different look. They tend to obscure the grain and figure of the wood, where a hand rubbed sunburst emphasizes it. Neither is better or worse, just different. Well, I think this is better, but that's just opinion. Some people like sprayed bursts more.
That looks like 3M painters tape. did you seal the edges to prevent bleeding or is that not a problem? Obviously not on the fingerboard but on the body edges.
Well, the mahogany under the tape is sealed so, in theory the tape is not required. Certainly, you are not going to stain the mahogany; but the stain can get into some of the pores of the mahogany, which can be tough to remove, so the tape just keeps that from happening, which is helpful.
why are you asking him how he does it when he taped the whole thing for ya? it's really really easy, dark outline with brown, fill in with a yellow color. Really easy and really pretty, good job.
If you want a high quality finish, you will ALWAYS need to do a lot of sanding. There is no way around it. If you want good information on finishing, I highly recommend Dan Erlewine's book, which is available from Stewart-MacDonald.
these people would know moor about what the hell is going on better if he would add some comments to the steps he were taking to achive his goal.and it's to boring to watch to the sounds of (sting) remix.
What you're seeing in the video is with an alcohol based aniline dye. You could also use a water based, or other solvent based, dye, but the alcohol doesn't react to the lacquer finish I use over it, doesn't raise the grain, and penetrates deeper into the wood. The deeper penetration is important, because I end up doing this 3-4 times, sanding most of it off in between, which intensifies the figure in the grain.
Yeah, basically. You'll only really get better at it by practicing it. The other thing the light color does is it blends the two together. Mostly, though, it's your doing it by eye.
What is the technique here? Is it to start on the out side and work inward and make it darker on the outsides with more stain, and then when you get to the right place start with the other colour? and what colours do you use for the stain.? I'm new at staining and want to know how to do this so i can do it on the guitar I'm making.
Ooh nice! Instrumental version of the 80 something Dont Stand So Close To Me!
WeLikeRockNRoll 4 months ago
LOVE THE POLICE! Nice choice in music!
Nessi311 7 months ago
@23ericiscool
The best advice I can give is to go to Stew Mac's website and buy Dan Erliwine's book on refinishing, Guitar Finishing Step-By-Step. It is a very good book, and will teach you what you need to do to get a professional job. It is a big job, and while none of the steps are particularly complicated, you need to understand the process to do it well. I would also advise you to avoid all methods you find on the internet, as they all get it wrong.
lightaces 8 months ago
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hey guys i am working to get a free guitar and you can too! just takes a little bit of time! if you would like to know how plz send me a message on here and i can help out!
elpollodiablo88 1 year ago
Everyone knows you're not doing it right unless you have a awesome mustache
TheChrisHimself 1 year ago 2
at first i thought the liquid he was using for the guitar was coffee. lol
NarutoEX100 1 year ago
Lightaces- What two colors are you using? is it simply yellow and black?
loosebaggymonster 1 year ago
@loosebaggymonster
I don't mind having them come out different from batch to batch, so I can't give you exact formulas. The Amber is probably mostly a "vintage amber" or something to that effect, with a bit of yellow added, and maybe just a grain or two (I'm using a dye powder) or red. The darker color I tend to think of as a "van dyck" brown, which is brown with just a bit of black added, say 10 parts brown to 1 of black, but I usually add a part or less of red as well.
lightaces 1 year ago
ahh dont stand dont stand so close to me.......i love the police
iamchrisroth 1 year ago
Now that's a job. Listening to good music, nice and quiet, no one to bother you, and creating something that's beautiful and will bring joy to someone.
nelaHnaVeiddE 1 year ago
@nelaHnaVeiddE
Great job. Not much or a way to make a living, though.
lightaces 1 year ago
five to ten seconds of this would suffice. I kept waiting for something to happen.
78hiwatts 1 year ago
@Jazz95Master
a hand rubbed finish like this gives you more control. Traditionally, when applying a sunburst directly to the wood like this you hand rub it. Sprayed sunbursts are usually tinted lacquer, and give a very different look. They tend to obscure the grain and figure of the wood, where a hand rubbed sunburst emphasizes it. Neither is better or worse, just different. Well, I think this is better, but that's just opinion. Some people like sprayed bursts more.
lightaces 1 year ago 3
That looks like 3M painters tape. did you seal the edges to prevent bleeding or is that not a problem? Obviously not on the fingerboard but on the body edges.
Beemerboy324 2 years ago
Well, the mahogany under the tape is sealed so, in theory the tape is not required. Certainly, you are not going to stain the mahogany; but the stain can get into some of the pores of the mahogany, which can be tough to remove, so the tape just keeps that from happening, which is helpful.
lightaces 2 years ago
Hey, I was wondering, what kind of wood is that that you are staining? Thanks!!!
SCrawford4 2 years ago
A very fine piece of quilted maple.
lightaces 2 years ago
why are you asking him how he does it when he taped the whole thing for ya? it's really really easy, dark outline with brown, fill in with a yellow color. Really easy and really pretty, good job.
mapexlb 2 years ago
Wow, that beats spray painting.
boyonthebeach 3 years ago
It's only one part of the job, and I do spray a clear finish over the dye job.
lightaces 3 years ago
Does this guy talk at all?
kevykev38 3 years ago
i wnn spray paint a wood finish bass. would i have to do alot of sanding?
ThrashSnap 3 years ago
If you want a high quality finish, you will ALWAYS need to do a lot of sanding. There is no way around it. If you want good information on finishing, I highly recommend Dan Erlewine's book, which is available from Stewart-MacDonald.
lightaces 3 years ago
these people would know moor about what the hell is going on better if he would add some comments to the steps he were taking to achive his goal.and it's to boring to watch to the sounds of (sting) remix.
toogood2betru 3 years ago
what kind of pait or laquer you use for this
dragonoise 3 years ago
What you're seeing in the video is with an alcohol based aniline dye. You could also use a water based, or other solvent based, dye, but the alcohol doesn't react to the lacquer finish I use over it, doesn't raise the grain, and penetrates deeper into the wood. The deeper penetration is important, because I end up doing this 3-4 times, sanding most of it off in between, which intensifies the figure in the grain.
lightaces 3 years ago
Yeah, basically. You'll only really get better at it by practicing it. The other thing the light color does is it blends the two together. Mostly, though, it's your doing it by eye.
lightaces 4 years ago
What is the technique here? Is it to start on the out side and work inward and make it darker on the outsides with more stain, and then when you get to the right place start with the other colour? and what colours do you use for the stain.? I'm new at staining and want to know how to do this so i can do it on the guitar I'm making.
ShakingWalls 4 years ago
You should also post the link to the flickr set in the info section of this video (and probably post a link to this video with the photo set as well)
summerinside 4 years ago