guitar project - paint or stain this guitar? pics included.

[dstroud]

got this guitar I'm messing with - leaning towards just staining, but still considering painting it. Any ideas? If I stain, should I go dark? FYI - I'm definitely no pro at this and just stripped the paint off to make a slant in the body where the right arm goes, and I'm not worried about looking too professional, as long as it looks ok from stage.

 

[Vrad]

Stain... Like a blue or purple...

 

[dstroud]

Stain... Like a blue or purple...

now that sounds cool! is it pretty easy to do? Can you point me to a good stain to use?

 

[Vrad]

Stain... Like a blue or purple...

now that sounds cool! is it pretty easy to do? Can you point me to a good stain to use?

Yeah... staining is easy. You just rub it on. There are different kinds (water, oil etc).

Anything and everything you need to know about finishing a guitar is here.
http://www.reranch.com/reranch/

Plus they're really cool... great with n00bs...

Here's some stain:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_s ... Stain.html

You can also use some Minwax stains. I forget which ones, check Reranch. They use it all the time with good results.

 

[dstroud]

Stain... Like a blue or purple...

now that sounds cool! is it pretty easy to do? Can you point me to a good stain to use?

Yeah... staining is easy. You just rub it on. There are different kinds (water, oil etc).

Anything and everything you need to know about finishing a guitar is here.
http://www.reranch.com/reranch/

Plus they're really cool... great with n00bs...

Here's some stain:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_s ... Stain.html

You can also use some Minwax stains. I forget which ones, check Reranch. They use it all the time with good results.

thanks man!

 

[Motorpud]

I saw a couple stained guitars recently, they looked pretty cool, like a transparent color with no gloss. One was blue and one was green, I love the way most guitars look in green so that's the one I thought looked better but the blue was cool too