Thank you for the video. Seeing this done from start to finish is really valuable to us. 29:53: This is the moment when you should have mixed some of the neutral and the darker blue together on a new cotton rag and used that lighter blue to transition between the aqua/turquoise and the dark blue. In retrospect you might have put some of this mix as a border between the much richer/darker blue and the turquoise originally, but that's hindsight. That neutral dye is a real tool once you get used to utilizing it.
For a sharp edge I would wrap a thin piece of the staining cloth around a butter knife or something like that. You would have control and could dab the cloth onto something first to get the consistency you want before touching the wood. Happy staining!
@@SoleilCustomGuitars Oh, I've already done that method on other wood staining projects. A putty knife for a straight edge or something more rounded for a curved edge works well. Try it sometime!
Looks realy great! Out of curiousity: What is the base for those dyes? Are they waterbased? I'm looking for a dye/stain that i can put under an oilfinish where the color doesnt sip through by sweating on it and such
2 questions.. why not use tape on your area you're not wanting stain? Also, (I'm fairly new to staining I've done a few guitars) why didn't you put down a base coat to make the grain show through more? Nice guitar!
@@SmokeyJenkinsGuitars Oh I gotcha. That's not the look I was going for. But many of my builds I do start with a black dye sanded back. I was going for lighter color this time. Angelus dyes go on pretty dark to begin with. This was a new color option on this guitar so I was experimenting. Sanding sealer is your best friend to prevent bleed. If you do get some the color sands out pretty easy.
@SoleilGuitars Oh okay I'm with ya. I've got some powdered dyes and also Angelus and I absolutely love the Angelus. I'll have to give this a shot next time. Reminds me of a PRS look. Nice work and will definitely subscribe and keep watching!
Thanks for posting. Great blends of awesome colors. Perhaps a fine, high quality, watercolor brush (or other type of artist's brush) might be good to use for applying stain near the edges of the natural wood. 🤔 And staining the edges first would allow you to rest and steady your hand on the top of the unfinished body. I dunno. Just a thought. 🙂
You're welcome! The stain tends to bleed really easily so you have to be extremely careful around edges I don't use brushes for that reason. I find that two or three coats of sanding sealer works really well to keep dye in the areas that you don't want it. If you do happen to get dye on the area with sanding sealer it sands out really quickly.
The blue is SOOOOOO hard to blend with Turquoise well. Dunno why, but the blue is difficult. Usually I find mixing neutral with a light blue as the blend between turquoise and blue does a pretty good job stays a good color and blends em nice.
Does it come out a vibrant color or does it seem more flat? I was looking at keda, transtint and then the Angelus. Not sure what would be the best option..it's going on a light maple.. (drums) @@SoleilCustomGuitars
@martinb4721 Angelus is a very deep color dye if not diluted. A clear coat and sanding sealer will darken it a little more. Also, Angelus is very inexpensive.
Thank you for the video. Seeing this done from start to finish is really valuable to us.
29:53: This is the moment when you should have mixed some of the neutral and the darker blue together on a new cotton rag and used that lighter blue to transition between the aqua/turquoise and the dark blue. In retrospect you might have put some of this mix as a border between the much richer/darker blue and the turquoise originally, but that's hindsight.
That neutral dye is a real tool once you get used to utilizing it.
Good point, I'll try that next time
Very nice. Great idea!
Thanks!
Somehow I have the patience to watch someone else stain a guitar for almost an hour, but I don't have to patience to not rush my own projects.
@@garrettmancuso4417 believe me, I get that way a lot. I literally have to tell myself to slow down.
For a sharp edge I would wrap a thin piece of the staining cloth around a butter knife or something like that. You would have control and could dab the cloth onto something first to get the consistency you want before touching the wood. Happy staining!
Test it out and let me know how it works!
@@SoleilCustomGuitars
Oh, I've already done that method on other wood staining projects. A putty knife for a straight edge or something more rounded for a curved edge works well. Try it sometime!
Looks realy great! Out of curiousity: What is the base for those dyes? Are they waterbased? I'm looking for a dye/stain that i can put under an oilfinish where the color doesnt sip through by sweating on it and such
I believe they are alcohol based. These are the low VOC variety so there are no harmful fumes to speak of
2 questions.. why not use tape on your area you're not wanting stain? Also, (I'm fairly new to staining I've done a few guitars) why didn't you put down a base coat to make the grain show through more? Nice guitar!
The stain will wick under the tape, ask me how I know lol. And what do you mean by base coat?
@@SoleilCustomGuitars Haha note taken! An initial coat of brown or black sanded back that sticks into the grain
@@SmokeyJenkinsGuitars Oh I gotcha. That's not the look I was going for. But many of my builds I do start with a black dye sanded back. I was going for lighter color this time. Angelus dyes go on pretty dark to begin with. This was a new color option on this guitar so I was experimenting. Sanding sealer is your best friend to prevent bleed. If you do get some the color sands out pretty easy.
@SoleilGuitars Oh okay I'm with ya. I've got some powdered dyes and also Angelus and I absolutely love the Angelus. I'll have to give this a shot next time. Reminds me of a PRS look. Nice work and will definitely subscribe and keep watching!
@@SmokeyJenkinsGuitars Thank you so much! I've tried a bunch of dyes but by far Angelus is my favorite.
Thanks for posting. Great blends of awesome colors. Perhaps a fine, high quality, watercolor brush (or other type of artist's brush) might be good to use for applying stain near the edges of the natural wood. 🤔 And staining the edges first would allow you to rest and steady your hand on the top of the unfinished body. I dunno. Just a thought. 🙂
You're welcome! The stain tends to bleed really easily so you have to be extremely careful around edges I don't use brushes for that reason. I find that two or three coats of sanding sealer works really well to keep dye in the areas that you don't want it. If you do happen to get dye on the area with sanding sealer it sands out really quickly.
@@SoleilCustomGuitars 👍
The blue is SOOOOOO hard to blend with Turquoise well. Dunno why, but the blue is difficult. Usually I find mixing neutral with a light blue as the blend between turquoise and blue does a pretty good job stays a good color and blends em nice.
Thanks I'll try that next time
What brand of dye did you use again? I couldn't catch it in the video
Angelus leather dye
@SoleilCustomGuitars thank you
No problem
Does it come out a vibrant color or does it seem more flat? I was looking at keda, transtint and then the Angelus. Not sure what would be the best option..it's going on a light maple.. (drums) @@SoleilCustomGuitars
@martinb4721 Angelus is a very deep color dye if not diluted. A clear coat and sanding sealer will darken it a little more. Also, Angelus is very inexpensive.
easier with masking tape? very nice work!
Thanks! The dye tends to bleed under the tape. Sanding sealer and patience worked better for me.
So.....very, very Beautiful
Thank you so much 😀