Staining a Guitar With Crimson Guitars Stains and Oils - Burst Effect
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- This is a video of my first attempt to stain a guitar - bit nervous as I had visions of irretrievably messing up the body I'd made. To minimise this, I watched a shedload of tutorials and other people's videos.
I used Crimson Guitars stains and oils as they seem to be the norm. I used only black and red, mainly because I was too stingy to shell out for a third colour, but with hindsight, a bit of yellow in the middle wouldn't have gone amiss.
Just to confirm...
- Crimson Guitars: Stunning Stain - Cherry Red
- Crimson Guitars: Stunning Stain - Black
- Crimson Guitars Penetrating Guitar Finishing Oil
- Crimson Guitars High-Build Guitar Finishing Oil
In the end I'm pretty happy with how it turned out (despite a bit of an unsightly glue line down the centre...) I'm not saying this is the best/only way to do it, but it seemed to work for me. Good luck.
Thank you for sharing this, very helpful!
Ta v. much. No worries, hope the Charvel Surfcaster build is going/went well.
@@littleblackdotsmusic2963 thanks, I’m soo to start on the finish which is why your video was so helpful 🙃
Like #20. Amazing guitar work, smart hands.
Thanks for your wonderful guitar work.
That's very kind, thanks v. much.
Amazing work. I specially liked the shape, just awesome!
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Nice one, thanks mate! Much appreciated.
Gorgeous ❤️🖤
Thanks, man!
OUTRAGEOUS!! 😁😁😁
nice job👍👍
Lovely job. I used Wudtone when I put together a kit l/h SG, even unplugged its loud. Jeez, I hope Ben doesn’t read this ;0)
The body seems excellent 👌
What about the back of the neck?
Cheers mate, much appreciated. Yeah, with hindsight it would have looked better with the neck done as well really. It was the first time I'd used word dye and didn't want to push my luck by potentially messing it up...
@@littleblackdotsmusic2963 Sorry, didn't understand
You finished the back of the neck with sealer or with the oils?
I used lots of layers of boiled linseed oil on the neck (saw some luthier use it on a video and it seemed to come up really well). Normal linseed oil never dries apparently, but the boiled stuff cures and hardens, probably much the same as the Crimson oil I suppose.
Thank you very much
it's a shame about the glue lines... I believe that wiping wet glue with a damp cloth only thins the glue, allowing it to penetrate the grains of the wood where stain won't be accepted, ... where as, drips,.... are easily chipped off the surface and sanded .
Yeah, I realise this now. You're best off letting the squeeze-out dry in blobs rather than smearing it all over your woodwork. Live and learn!
@@littleblackdotsmusic2963 exactly. Check channel "Next Level Carpentry" for a video on using sawdust to pull up partly dried wood glue, he has a great process.
Great job. Is it a water-based stain or is it organic? I want to find out how a stain is combined with an oil coating)))
Nice one, much appreciated. These are water-based stains which I then put oil over and it seemed to work okay. If you Google "Crimson stunning stains" you'll find the site and some more blurb about them. Good luck!
Great video. But can I ask what “wet edge” means please? 🙈🙏🏻
Nice one! Ta very much, glad it was useful. A wet edge is a painting term which basically means making sure that the edge of the (in this case dye) isn't allowed to dry before you put the next lot on next to (and partly over the top of) it. If it dries, you get a line, but if it's wet they seep into each other and you can blend it in. 🙂
Congrats, you did a really nice job! Did you prepare the wood with some sealer to avoid the stain was absorbed differently in the end grain sections of the body, resulting darker than in the straight grain parts?
Thanks man, much appreciated. I didn't use sealer on any section as I knew the end grain would all be black anyway (I did a quick test beforehand on scrap wood and it all came out a strong, uniform black). It's probably a good point to use it for lighter colours though...
@@littleblackdotsmusic2963 Thanks for your reply! I was curious since I'd like to apply something very similar to my (first) build. I'm still working on the neck but I started thinking how to approach the finish of the body. I'd like a kind of stain sunburst with an oil finish, so your video it's very helpful to me. Thanks!
Thanks for this. Could you also describe how you made/attached the neck pocket handle and the strap dowel support at the base of the guitar which appears only at the oiling stage?
Cheers, the handle thing is just a bit of scrap wood slightly smaller in width than the neck pocket. This is just bolted on (the width of the drilled hole is quite small and it'll be behind the neck plate anyway so won't compromise structure or strength - you can see this around 11:25). At the other end, I just tapered a bit of dowel and tapped it lightly into the hole to keep it in place. On this guitar it's the location of the input jack so it's a wider diameter hole than if it was just a strap button, but you could probably put a sturdy nail or spare drill bit in there as it's just needed to pivot while you apply the oil.
That's great. I'm about to tackle a similar project and hope to achieve the same results as you. This video and your reply have been very helpful. Thanks. @@littleblackdotsmusic2963
@@brendanwalsh108No probs, and good luck!
Nice craftmanship, but it looks like a roast chicken.
Exactly the look I was going for. Next week: beef.
To much black