| Please note that these tutorials are the product of several authors both from the Project Guitar web site and also off site links. While there are many ways to do each of the jobs described, your way of achieving the same results may very from what is described in each of these tutorials. The authors have tried to be as complete as possible but do not take responsibility for the outcome or end result in following their work. If you have questions about anything you read here please join us in the Project Guitar Forum where you will receive many different views and can formulate your own path to choose working on your own Project Guitar. |
Finishing and Refinishing Tips
| Staining Figured Wood Tops: | Author Kevan Geier |
| How to get a lush 3D effect on figured wood tops printer friendly version | |
| Burnt Finishes Tips n Tricks: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to get a spectacular burnt finish on a guitar body printer friendly version | |
| Easy to do Burst Finish: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to do a simple burst finish on your guitar body printer friendly version | |
| Material Finish: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to add a material finish to your guitar body printer friendly version | |
| Painting Tips n Tricks: | Author Brian Calvert |
| Paint Tips n Tricks while finishing your guitar printer friendly version | |
| Staining Tips n Tricks: | Authors Brian Calvert and Steve (ripl3y) |
| Stain Tips n Tricks while finishing your guitar printer friendly version | |
| Faux Ebony Trick : | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to create the look and feel of an ebony finish | |
| Painted Head Stock : | Author Brian Calvert |
| Paint Tips on finishing or refinishing a painted head stock printer friendly version | |
| Adding a Figured Veneer Top: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to add a figured wood veneer top to your project printer friendly version | |
| Making a Custom Logo : | Author Bill Jehle |
| How to create your own custom logo and apply it to the headstock | |
| Vintage Neck Refinish : | Author Dave K |
| How to create a vintage yellow look for your relic strat project neck | |
| Stripping a body using heat: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to strip a guitar body using a heat gun printer friendly version | |
| Stripping by using chemicals: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to strip a guitar body using chemicals printer friendly version | |
| Stripping a body by sanding: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to strip a guitar body using sand paper and other tools printer friendly version | |
| Trem Cavity Dress : | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to dress up a tremolo cavity | |
| Burnt Stained Blue: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to easily change the look of your guitar to a world famous finish | |
| Holoflash Finish: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to easily change the look of your guitar to a one of a kind finish | |
| Swirl a Guitar Body : | Author Wade Finch |
| Step by step pictorial of how to create a swirl finish using oil paints and Borax |
| Interactive
Forum Tutorial and Reference Guide |
| Each
of these Reference guide and Tutorials will open up to the perspective Project
Guitar Forum thread |
| Painting tutorial : | Topic Starter LGM Guitars |
| Painting questions answered : | Topic Starter LGM Guitars |
| Polishing tutorial : | Topic Starter LGM Guitars |
| Air brushing : | Topic Starter Weezerboy |
| *denotes an off site tutorial which will open in a new window |
| Ebonizing Wood : | Collated from newsgroup postings |
| Many different ways to make wood darker in appearence |
| Making logos and decals : | Web site Stew Mac |
| Fast and easy way to make a professional looking logo or decal for your head stock | |
| Translucent aerosol lacquer : | Web site Stew Mac |
| Step by step translucent lacquer finish using aerosol cans | |
| Colors, Metallics and Blonde : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| How to paint solids, metallic and blonde finishes | |
| Bursting with cans: | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| How to achieve sun burst finishes using aerosol cans (similar to Poor boys burst) | |
| Wood Dyes : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Discussion and tutorials on the use of different types of stains and dyes available | |
| Gibson Gold Top : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Faithfully recreating the unique Gibson Gold Top finish | |
| Gibson Cherry Red : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Using translucent dyes to create a beautiful finish | |
| TV Yellow Refinishing: | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Unique finish created for television in the Black & White days | |
| Gibson Sun Burst : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Post war Gibson restoration and universal techniques | |
| Fender Sun Burst : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Two color bursts from 1954-58 and the three color vintage bursts of the 1960's | |
| Fender Neck Refinishing : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Practical guide to refinishing a vintage neck | |
| Basic Refinishing 101 : | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Wonderful basic discussion and reading if you have never refinished a guitar before | |
| Liquid Polishing Compounds: | Author Gary R. Dusina |
| Authors personal statement of final finish polishing compounds | |
| Building a Stationary Buffer: | Author Gary R. Dusina |
| Specs and helpful hints when it comes to making your own shop buffing machine | |
| Curved Sanding Blocks: | Author Randy Allen |
| An easy solution for sanding hard to reach areas by hand | |
| Stripping a vintage finish: | Web site Guitar ReRanch |
| Discussion and methods on how to remove vintage guitar finishes | |
| French
Polishing : | Authors Bob and Orville Milburn |
| History complete with a comprehensive tutorial | |
| French Polishing : | Author Mac Simmons |
| Shorter History complete with a comprehensive tutorial | |
| Glyn Cornelius Project Body: | Author Cornelius |
| A home made custom body finished two different ways front and back | |
| Step By Step Restoration : | Author Doug at Flat Earth Guitars |
| 1953 Epiphone Century Archtop |