Paint vs. Stain vs. Dye for Headstock?
Paint vs. Stain vs. Dye for Headstock? - TalkBass.com
If you want solid opaque black, go with paint. You'll have a lot of trouble getting a nice deep even black with stains and dyes.
Stain vs Dye : r/Luthier - Reddit
Dye has a smaller particle size and penetrates the wood, stain mostly sits on the surface. However even with fresh wood dye penetration will be ...
Dye vs stain | Woodworking Talk
Dyes tend to fade much more quickly than an oil stain. What the furniture companies often do is to stain the wood a little light with an oil ...
Wood Stain vs Tinted Lacquer | My Les Paul Forum
Added to this it usually takes a couple of coats before the spray pattern streakiness is negated. Stain is a once-off - you stain raw wood until ...
The G&L Discussion Page • View topic - Paint or stain?
My favorite stained guitar is the one-of-a-kind Legacy that I have with gold hardware and veneer matched headstock. It's an '87 which is several ...
Gibson Head Stock Black; Paint or Stain? - FRETS.NET
But, for refurbishment /restoration of a badly marked/gouged and repaired headstock I use sanding sealer, black paint (scraped/sanded away from ...
Guitar Finishing 101: The Highlighted Grain & Stain Finish
The highlighted grain/stain finish is best suited to guitars with a distinct grain pattern as those found on timbers such as Mahogany and Ash or ...
Mahogany body: stain or dye? | Unofficial Warmoth Forum
... neck using Master Gel. ... Sealing filler if necessary, and toner (transparent color coats - usually need to be sprayed on, e,g, bursts) or paint ...
Staining A Guitar Headstock - YouTube
The headstock for Oceana looked a bit... meh, so we decided to brighten it up with a stain to fit the resin details.
142 - Introduction to Dyes - The Wood Whisperer
No sanding needed, or recommended. After one coat of shellac, the dye is still very close to the surface and sanding can very easily burn through that layer. So ...
Help Selecting Dye/Stain for Strat Rebuild | Telecaster Guitar Forum
You can stain or dye with those ... If that were mine, I'd do the neck with either Tru-Oil or Watco Danish Oil, and I'd paint the body.
Anyone ever stained a maple or Roasted maple neck ? any tips
As an example artists oil paint has a carrier often of linseed oil and tru-oil also contains linseed oil. For a neck of the two a dye would be ...
Can I stain or paint A maple neck | Fender Stratocaster Guitar Forum
First off, painting the fingerboard would not be a good idea, but painting the rest of the neck is fine. If ya want a darker fingerboard, you ...
Dye, Ink, Stain used for Neck, Head Stock Color
Like Simonm I use Indian ink, of which there are two types: Water and non waterproof. The only difference being the addition of Shellac. Like ...
Finishing Experiments - Page 4 - www.KitGuitarsForum.com
I am thinking of staining the neck (but not the headstock which has a ... I prefer dye instead of stain for many reasons. There are powdered dyes and ...
Best way to stain a neck/fretboard | SevenString.org
It will. I will admit however I did not protect them or clean them off much on account of being sloppy. I used a water based wood dye by ...
Wipe on stain, fender neck amber/yellow? - Telecaster Guitar Forum
Getting even staining results on a maple neck depends more on the wood than the stain. You can get an idea what the stain/dye will do by wiping ...
Guitar Neck Re-tint Project Made Easy - YouTube
... or other expensive gear required to get a very professional final product ... dye powders on ebay for reasonable if you search. 12:45 · Go to ...
Sand and Sealer before dye? | Fender Stratocaster Guitar Forum
On porous woods, it's standard to seal before applying the dye/stain. That applies to colored filler, as well, but not if you are using a ...
ColorTone Liquid Stain Instructions - StewMac
Solvent reduced dyes are usually dry enough to finish after several hours. They may be pulled up by some finishes that contain alcohol or alcohol type solvents ...