How to stain and lacquer a guitar - Complete guide to guitar finishing with dyes and nitrocellulose
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- This video is a full guide for finishing a a custom electric guitar with dyes and nitrocellulose. I cover grain filler, dyes, sanding sealer, spraying clear coats, spraying a burst, how to setup a spray gun and spraying technique.
You can contact me via instagram @adfinlayson or ash@adfinlaysonguitars.co.uk. I ship guitars worldwide.
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Seal mahogany with sanding sealer
04:42 Grain fill mahogany with zpoxy
09:55 Stain quilted maple with angelus leather dye
20:40 Faux binding
22:19 Sealing the maple top with sanding sealer
28:42 Glueing in the neck
38:00 My DIY spray booth
39:55 How to mix lacquer and retarder
41:51 How to hold a guitar while spraying
42:37 how to clearcoat a guitar
44:59 How to spray a burst
55:07 How to setup a spray gun for clear coat
1:03:32 Applying a serial number to headstock with a paint pent
1:07:20 Level sanding
1:13:11 More clear coat
1:14:37 Ready for buffing
1:17:04 Outro 
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BORING?!!! WHAT?!!! this is the most interesting, complete and satisfying video about guitar staining I´ve found!!! Amazing! Thank You for the knowledge!
I've assembled & finished a few kits, and learned a ton from your methodology. Great video, and beautiful guitars!
Thank you, glad you got something out of the video
Many thanks for this thoroughly detailed video demonstrating how to stain & lacquer. It is by far the most in-depth explanation I've come across on RUclips. Now I feel confident to give it a go. Cheers to you, sir!
No problem, thanks for watching.
Your relaxed narration and behavior only adds to the quality of your videos. Great content!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Wow, phenomenal job! Thank you for taking us along on your journey. I learned a TON from this and will be watching again while taking notes so I can incorporate your many pearls of wisdom into finishing my latest build. Appreciated :D
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful
Detailed and very informative. Pro tip additional comments is secret sauce stuff rarely given in "How to" videos of this nature. Beautifully finished product with instructional narrative, concise and well delivered.
I greatly appreciate the effort it must have taken to produce this video, just to share all of your knowledge and experience.
Great Work Sir, Thank You
Yes there are a lot of hours that go into editing videos like this, thank you for noticing that and glad you enjoyed the video
@@ADFinlayson 👍😉
Thank you, I’m about to start finishing my first Strat guitar and you have given me a good idea of the sequence I need to follow. I just wish I had a dedicated spray area with proper ventilation like you have.
I spent a few years waiting for sunny days so I could spray lacquer in my garden, we all have to start somewhere.
A quick tip, that may or may not work is to put a bit of tape at the edges of the neck that you remove after every painting session so you don't have to do the sanding bit at the end (1:15:20), something that we do when painting cars so you eliminate the option of accidentally pulling some paint of with the tape.
Also, why didn't you use grain filler on the top, or is it because it has been dyed earlier and therefore is already grain filled since the last dye?
Great video, I was mainly interested in the staining part put had to watch the whole thing because it was so interesting.
That's a good tip, thanks for the insight, I might try that next time I'm spraying a neck. I don't grainfill the top A) because I don't want it to interfere with the dye. B) maple doesn't need grain filling. If I did an all mahogany guitar it would be a different story - I would use a dyed grainfiller which will do some of the colouring, then I would do spray a shader over the top to even it all out. Cherry mahogany with dark grain filler is a good example.
Thanks for an excellent video! Thanks for being so thorough. I love how you explain every step clearly and in depth. Nice looking instrument.
No worries, thanks for watching
Love watching you build guitars
Thank you for this video. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Fabulous video.....fabulous result!
Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it the video
Great, thanks a lot. So much input and knowledge.
No worries, thanks for watching
This has been a great educational video. I will be watching it over and over I am sure. Thank you for the great narrative and detail.
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thanks for the education! Mentally preparing myself to paint a StewMac LP kit and was looking for exactly this kind of detail. I appreciate you talking us through the issues. Following. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed the video, good luck with your kit.
Love your work. I like your techniques and you teach well!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video
Thank you for a great tutorial. I really appreciate the time and level of detail you put into this. I learned so much and that guitar is absolutely stunning. This is the first video of yours I have seen. You've gained a new subscriber! Now time to go back and watch more!
Glad you enjoyed it Dave, thanks for watching
Thank you! It is valuable to me!
Glad you enjoyed the video
These guitars are beautiful man
Thanks Ralph
I learned a lot, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed the video
Awesome results! Burst turned out amazing
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
@@ADFinlayson What buffing agent do you use?
@@christophermendez7921 I am currently using menzera hard compounds.
Beautiful work. The person getting this is very lucky - and probably doesn’t deserve it.
What a great video. Loads of information and v entertaining too. What a stunning guitar. What wood is the fingerboard? Keep the videos coming Ash! Thanks for making this one.
Thank you Paula, appreciate that. The fretboard on this one is pale moon Ebony
I served my apprenticeship painting cars with cellulose .It looked great polished but it didn't weather well and wasn't very durable .I suppose a guitar a cellulose finish will have more character and develop more character with time .We then started using acrylics and then two pack finishes .This was over a 50 year time period.
as far as I'm aware cellulose (at least the paint I am using certainly) is classified as an interior finish, I can't see that it would work well as an automotive finish.
Very nice and very thorough video. But I did not see you when you were spraying the clear coat do the headstock.
There is always something to complain about
Nice vid thankyou. With flash coat only, how do you maintain the finish long-term. do you use guitar polish on it like you would with a high gloss finish ?
Personally I would never leave a guitar with just a flash coat, it’s a sealer coat not a finish Imo. You could rub some furniture wax over top though
Super great information!
You may not be able to answer this, but say if instead of a nitro top coat you wanted to do a Spray Max 2k top coat. Would you use a pre catalyzed sanding sealer (like Mohawk for instance) and then apply 2k using basically same procedures as shown here?
Sorry mate, you’re right I can’t answer that. All can suggest is do a tester
Super vid, thanks! What are your thoughts on having a base coat like poly or CAB - is it needed to provide stability over time perhaps, or maybe it just reduces the number of top coats needed?
I think I did about 18 coats all in on account of the quilt top soaking everything up, normally I would only do 12 or 13 but for some reason I only sprayed about half the number of coats of sealer I normally do, probably concentrating on talking to the camera instead of what I was doing. No reason why poly can't be used as a base coat but you do need to be careful about compatibility
I think the reason they use poly or CAB is because it's more stable, much simpler/faster, and it doesn't yellow over time. I'm thinking about doing some finishing myself, but this step gives me pause - not sure how to do it best.
I'm attempting my first build and stumbled upon your highly interesting and informative video! Now all I have to do is decide what color to use, deep purple or cherry burst??
Red is easier
Great video thanks for sharing. What's your preferred spray tip size for cellulose?
I don't consider myself to be an expert in this regard, this LPH-80 I am using has a 1.2mm tip which I like, my old turbine system had a 1.3mm tip and I much prefer the smaller tip even if it does require slightly thinner paint.
@@ADFinlaysonNice, it looks like you're getting really good results. Did you get the E2 or E4 cap? I'm strongly considering getting one of these LPH-80's myself.
Hi, can you help me? I want to do really light grey on flame maple LP - to let show the wood of the color. What should I use for the light grey? Thank you! 👍🏻
Just dilute black dye 🤷♂️
Can you recommend any cheaper alternative to the LPH80 for a hobbyist?
Get in touch with spraygunsdirect, they will give you some good advise
I'm duplicating your "Lemon Fade" finish on a flame maple top. Can you please advise what dyes were used? The pink over purple treatment you did here makes good sense. Is there a color you recommend to "top off" the lemon fade? Any coaching you could provide would help a lot. Thanks!
I believe I used a combo of crimson water based yellow and a brighter alcohol based yellow
@@ADFinlayson Thanks! That gives me some confidence, and that's what I'm a gonna do.
Why are you using a sharpie instead of a watermark printed serial number?
Thanks by the way on the tutorial of using Rose on top of the purple. Really made a difference!
It's not a sharpie, but It's handmade so it's got a hand-written serial number. Glad you found the video useful.
Ash
do you sell kits? (just the wood)
Sorry I don’t
Promo-SM 😩
setnecks are such bullshit. all they are is a bolt on neck that's glued. build a neck through or a bolt on not some half assed thing.. oh and his pocket wasnt to tight it was fine.
If you say so 👍