moojiefulagin Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 Ok. I don't know if what I want to do is possible, but I'm curious to know if anyone has any thoughts on the subject. I recently glued a 1/4" Paduk top over the headstock of the maple bass neck I am making. I now need some way to stain the paduk top without touching the maple. Any ideas? I was thinking a strip of tape over the maple might work, but the stain would probably bleed through (ideally I would be able to do this without purchasing any type of sealer!). Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 The tape should work as long as you don't soak the wood with the stain. People have made faux binding on guitar tops this very same way. The only reason it would bleed is if you put to much stain on the edge and it flowed with the grain or got sucked into the neighboring maple because the paduk was already saturated with it. Check out this tutorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 from what I've seen online (I have yet to stain my first guitar), people scrape and bleach areas where the stain bled through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted September 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 You guys are great. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Just wanted to let you know that I used electrical tape and it worked beautifully! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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