GregA Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hi All, I will be applying a "rubbed" burst finish to my LP type guitar. (maple top) I will be using NGR Dye dilluted with methlhydrate. Should I tape the binding? I assume that I could just scrape it after but wanted a couple opinions. I imagine taping the side of the binding at least would make sense since then only the top would need scraping. Second questions: Would it be possible to just wipe down the binding before it sets so that it is clean? (I imagine the dye would stain the binding making this an ineffective approach) I will test this out but since I don't have the guitar here, I thought I may get some opinions in the mean time. Thanks all! GregA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 When I did my travel guitar I first cut the binding channel, then stained, then cleaned up the channel, then laid in the binding and scraped flush. If your binding is already in, then yeah tape off both the top and side. You may find that the dye will still seep under the tape in places and you'll still need to scrape a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Theres a lot of ways to do it. On my guitar http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01004.jpg I did taped the binding sides but not the very top edge. Once I got done with the bases, I used a scraper and cleaned it up (make sure the scraper is sharp, or use a razor, then go over with sand paper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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