thermopyle Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 hi all trying for that beautiful red on the back of sunburst les pauls. stain with clear nitro? red tinted nitro? stain with red tinted nitro? any suggestions appreciated. thermo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Anything like this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thermopyle Posted August 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 yeah, that's the one. i'm doing a mahogany strat and i want to replicate the red over mahogany on the back and sides of that model LP. very nice example of it here (full back shot): http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...&category=47072 thermo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr_XD Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 i´m doing that on my dc, i intended to spray it with tinted laquer, but the guy that is helping me told me that would be better to stain it and then spray it with laquer as the tinted laquer could look more red in some parts. Still haven´t decided yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 i could swear that gibson uses tinted nitro.but i am not positive.maybe that " search engine" lgm was talking about could help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 It's kind of hard to tell, but if they did use stain directly onto the wood, then I'd guess they diluted it quite a bit beforehand. That's the 'ace in the hole' when it comes to staining directly onto wood, is the ability to dilute the stain down to the point where it really is just a 'slight toner' and not really a 'full-on stain' before actually wiping it on. I've found that water stains really 'stand out', I call them the 'comic book colors' as they are really really colorful as compared to alcohol stains which I think are better for a more 'vintage antique' appearance, and preferrably blended with lacquer and shot on. And guitars being what they are, unless you're building a sweet big-box jazz hollowbody, I generally like to use water-based stains for their 'stand-outedness', then come behind them when shooting lacquer with the alcohol stains mixed in with the lacquer for the 'slight antique toner' look...I generally wind up with a combination of both water-based for direct-wood applications, and alcohol-based or metallic stains for the toners. If it was applied to the wood, I'd swear it was diluted significantly beforehand, else it would have been darker... JM useless O... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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