I know this is an electric guitar inquiry... but I trust you guys
opinions more than the metal heads on other forums.
I'm having a rear routed dual humbucker tele built. It will have a
walnut body and a quilted maple top. what type and color of stains
and/or dye would you use for the walnut and the quilted maple?
(individually or together...)
feel free to suggest anything else.
-David.
"David Dugas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I know this is an electric guitar inquiry... but I trust you guys
> opinions more than the metal heads on other forums.
>
> I'm having a rear routed dual humbucker tele built. It will have a
> walnut body and a quilted maple top. what type and color of stains
> and/or dye would you use for the walnut and the quilted maple?
> (individually or together...)
>
> feel free to suggest anything else.
>
> -David.
>
I wouldn't stain or dye walnut or quilted maple. For durability and to
bring the beauty of these woods out, I would hand rub an BLO mix in then a
wipe on gloss poly.
Dave
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"David Dugas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> what if the maple figuring isn't as prevalent as i would like it?
> could i add a gunstock oil to the body before adding the poly just to
> give it a little richer color? what is BLO mix?
>
> -dave.
>
Boiled Linseed Oil and Turpentine - Forget the gunstock oil.
You can test the maple fiiguring by wiping on the Turpentine first.
Dave
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"David Dugas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I know this is an electric guitar inquiry... but I trust you guys
>opinions more than the metal heads on other forums.
>
>I'm having a rear routed dual humbucker tele built. It will have a
>walnut body and a quilted maple top. what type and color of stains
>and/or dye would you use for the walnut and the quilted maple?
>(individually or together...)
If you want the figure of the quilted maple to be exaggerated, then
first dye with black (or a dark brown) and then lightly sand it. Then
dye with a lighter brown, oil, followed by shellac.
Ken Muldrew
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"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "David Dugas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I know this is an electric guitar inquiry... but I trust you guys
> > opinions more than the metal heads on other forums.
> >
> > I'm having a rear routed dual humbucker tele built. It will have a
> > walnut body and a quilted maple top. what type and color of stains
> > and/or dye would you use for the walnut and the quilted maple?
> > (individually or together...)
> >
> > feel free to suggest anything else.
> >
> > -David.
> >
> I wouldn't stain or dye walnut or quilted maple. For durability and to
> bring the beauty of these woods out, I would hand rub an BLO mix in then a
> wipe on gloss poly.
>
Not for a nice guitar like that you wouldn't. Poly is something of a
sacrilege among luthiers. Sorta like latex on cherry. Custom crafted
electric guitars are generally stained and shot with nitrocellulose lacquer.
--
-Mike-
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David Dugas wrote:
> what if the maple figuring isn't as prevalent as i would like it?
> could i add a gunstock oil to the body before adding the poly just to
> give it a little richer color? what is BLO mix?
Oh, in that case, just twist up a rag between your hands, well-soaked in
a nice dark/black stain, and roll it across your figured maple to get
"tiger striping".
8-*
er (don't do that.)
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> Not for a nice guitar like that you wouldn't. Poly is something of a
> sacrilege among luthiers. Sorta like latex on cherry. Custom crafted
> electric guitars are generally stained and shot with nitrocellulose lacquer.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
>
>
That's the good point. There was a 16 year old in the adult ed. class with his father
building a telecaster body from a solid block of cherry. They did their research, and
laquer is the proper finish.
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Alex - "newbie_neander" woodworker
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