HumanFuseBen Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 hey guys! okay, continuing on with my neverending ibanez rg7421 refinish project.... i've now sanded down the entire body, and have found to my great fortune that the wood doesn't look bad at all! its a 3 piece body, with the center piece being a somewhat dark half inch piece of basswood running dead on down the centrer of the guitar. its much the same way a lot of neck-thrus are. here's my plan... i want to stain that center strip a nice reddish brown, and stain the rest of the body with a green minwax stain that i found at Lowes. i was also planning on doing the old 'natural binding' trick around the edge of the body, using automotive pinstriping tape. here's my questions... will i need to use a sanding sealer first before i start staining? are there any precautions i should take trying to stain that middle strip? If i tape it off either with frog tape or automotive pinstripe tape will the stain bleed through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factory5150 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I would spray the sanding sealer after you stained the body. I wouldn't think that you will have any bleed through if you masked off where you didn't want the stain. Your best bet to avoiding that would be to apply light coats, so it doesn't completely saturate the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood is good Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 You cant use sealer before you stain, it SEALS it, so the stain wont get thru the sealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanFuseBen Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 huzzah, thats what i thought... started staining the back today, and it is looking GREEEEEN!!! it will probably turn out **** ugly, i'm actually kinda pumped about it. will post pics when i can get to them! just out of curiosity, what is everyone's preferred stain application method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 For basswood I would have sealed it,then use a translucent color coat,not stain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 For basswood I would have sealed it,then use a translucent color coat,not stain... +1, and I would stay away from Sanding Sealer, just use straight lacquer. I used to be a big advocate of SS but all the guitars that I have done with it need refinishing now. It is just too soft of a coat to withstand the abuse of a guitar player, even inside a guitar case it gets marred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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