bnosam

I just realized I put this thread in the wrong place.

Your looking at a lot of work. Read the tutorials and posts around here and you'll figure out a lot of what you need to know.

Thank you. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. I did some searches but the threads I clicked that I thought were relevant weren't overly helpful. Do you have any links that you would care to share, please? Thanks

I'm looking to refinish one of my Ibanez RG's bodies (from an Ibanez Prestige RG2550). I wanted to do something like this:

and I want to know how about doing this in general. I know how to paint the bodies and such. But I've never done anything with stains or maple topping. Would I even be able to do binding like this on an RG body without too much trouble? Or should i just get a thin veneer and then sunburst around the edge to match the body colour?

Thanks!

So I think my plan is:

Sand the body (obviously), etc.

Tape off the edge area on the body for a faux binding.

then apply the veneer, stain etc.

I have to do this in spring obviously, though. It's too cold (I live in Canada) and I can't do it in the house.