Pitbull Audio Presents: PRS Private Stock Staining Techniques with Paul Miles

Paul Miles of Paul Reed Smith Private Stock came by to share his secret techniques of wood staining. Discussing custom shop finishes, different methods, approach, and more!
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[@ashleyjackson8538]

The purple one looked magical . Loads of layers

[@mannymejia7972]

That purple and pink mix is awesome

[@stevieg.4816]

I really appreciate what you just showed as you will never know just how much you helped me with staining wood. As far a Paul and the rest of you my hat's off to how down to earth, genuine and humble all of you are. Thank you again! Sorry for the late comment.

[@jeffgagawood3741]

The Violet and Pink combo is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

Paul is the Michelangelo of guitar coloring! That aquamarine color is perfection!

[@markkindermannart4028]

Sanding across the grain damn near killed me lol

[@eylonemuskson4177]

I could literally watch hours of this. Paul, the music, the wood. It's so relaxing.

[@pskemster]

Greetings, May I just say that it was a total privilege to have you show the different color spectrums and yes Mother Nature can turn out some amazing wood that’s for sure. And if I was about 30 yrs younger I would be literally be begging for an opportunity to work and to learn under your expertise for PRS Guitars.Sir you a true artist in your own right. And I do not feel over compensating if I were to compare you to any of the greats who truly knew how to blend abstracts and the secrets of dyes! With their paintings. Best of regards!

[@numberkruncherr]

Not only very informative (I'm starting some staining experiments soon, so finding this now was perfect timing), but also such a nice relaxed presentation, quite calming to watch.

[@chipsterb4946]

Wonderful demonstration - thanks!

[@Ks-zz9lh]

This is so cool. I love the art and effort that goes into prs guitars. You gotta appreciate the sheer amount of painstaking efforts these guys keep pouring in. Amazing.

[@VibhasPatil]

I keep coming back to this video. I could watch this for hours!

[@tonysansom]

Fantastic demonstration! Thanks for your expertise, Paul!

[@rva11]

Thank you for the great advice Paul!

[@rtroiani]

By far the most informative video on staining I’ve seen! Thanks!

[@guitarmechanic4541]

So informative and inspirational!

[@hannutienhaara1347]

This was really good! Thanks!

[@natashanyxx9486]

I’ve watched this 3 or 4 times. It’s very informative.

[@marshallhawkins3754]

Very informative! Great vid!

[@geoarthur6593]

Amazing, very select cuts of wood, beautiful 👍😍

[@oliverdean2110]

i really like how he uses the term pull, it gives a whole new perspective

[@williamkerr3350]

A true artist at work.

[@TheDarthReagan]

As someone who's planning on building my own guitar down the road, I found this HUGELY beneficial. Such great info. I don't own a PRS, but I love all the stuff they release.

[@crandallwoodworking2988]

I love the staining insite. Beautiful colors and woods. Hope I can experiment and pull that off at home.

[@PatrickMPlaysDrums]

Paul is a MASTER...If only I had that much curly maple at my disposal lol. So beautiful especially the purple pink mix and even the black. Sooooo cool to see master finishers like Paul to kind of share their secrets or just general knowledge and tricks that can be applied even outside of guitar finishing realm.

[@dmoderb]

Great video!!!

[@jamestonguet1737]

Excellent techniques

[@gurtana]

Fascinating!

[@normbarrows]

Garbage in, garbage out - it's all about the wood. Killer results are easy with high grade figured wood. And PRS has always been known for their killer figured wood. OTOH, I used their "raspberry dragon's breath" technique (pop with blue, then hit with red - the blue turns purple, and the red turns pink) on a spruce build and got decent results. The spruce came from a 2x4, so it wasn't figured, just some nice graining. What he said about yellow wood and blue stain makes green is quite true. That gave me fits when I was staining a flamed ES335 in NC blue.

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

Brilliant 👍

[@juksuguitars1777]

Stunning colours 🤗

[@darnutzer]

Thank you!

[@javiacustico]

what a great video

[@julienDrcq]

"moher nature" is the fruit of great mind calling GOD my friend, very great video love it

[@ROCKNROLLMODS]

Awesome video. Love the fact that you're using a "color extra" mixing cup. Their must be a uni-select/auto plus near you.

[@Hiro.the.God.]

Cool shiet man!

[@Mitch_Master]

So cool

[@Charismafire]

Yes! Maple stains different

[@lyric.kayden]

Thank you soooooo very much for this. I’ve been driving myself nuts for months just because I’m a perfectionist lol. Very helpful and well done.

[@MegaGuitarpicker]

Wonderful! How do you prevent or control the bleed through. Thanks for this!

[@VibhasPatil]

There's another video where they state the fact that they apply an isolator to the edge where the natural masked 'binding' exists. I think that's a big part of how they control it. The other bit I that they rarely apply two or three coast of a water based stain. It's always a combination of water-based stains, alcohol-based stains, and oil-based stains.

[@surfrby8876]

Electric Lime , I like that name, and this was really interesting

[@stevequarcini4637]

I started out thinking that I loved the black. Then I loved the purple…and so on. Would have to buy one of all of these colors. Lol

[@melinsnorth5413]

I would love to see how they approach Burl woods . . . very different than the Flame Maple response

[@protonmike]

Nice work mate. What material are you using as the staining pads?

[@kanesword9528]

I just bought a new 2018 custom 24 done in Purple/Aquamarine burst on what should have been a flame 10 top, but wasn't. No idea how this guitar wasn't a 10 top or artist, but glad it wasn't.

[@vestel777]

Do You have any videos where You could show how to Honeycomb stain a Guitar properly?

[@kreativkurve8748]

Hello! I don't know if you are looking on comments form older videos but are you preparing your guitar bodys beside 1 time sanding and putting water on it? I want to build my own guitar and just wanted to buy a water-based stain. Thanks for replying!

[@firegoat73]

How does this only have 196 views?

[@ADFinlayson]

doubled since I shared it on AL last night :P

[@Vieux_NooB]

Yummy! Soooo sweet for the eyes! Ty

[@747ALAIN]

can you make a quited maple series too ,to show how to pop the tecture of the wood

[@bukwok]

If i want redo,start from zero again on same wood, how to wipe off stain?sandpaper sanding off or ?

[@HKTimbo]

😎

[@gavinthorburn3724]

I love how they don't keep these super cool techniques secret

[@lex.cordis]

They do share some very helpful information, but I'm sure that there is some stuff that they keep to themselves as well.

[@RickFoxx777]

Good job...I have been wanting to switch media from a lacquer spray paint, to dye or stain but have been hesitant till I stumbled upon this video. Here comes the dye. By the by, where can I purchase these great dyes? Or is it a trade secret?

[@goose688]

Kida powdered dyes

[@vestel777]

I LOVE Purple. But it has to be Prince Purple. Plus I LOVE Honeycomb Stain.

[@geezberry8889]

Gibson Custom Shop taking notes 😂

[@michaelborn3318]

Who makes your dyes?

[@saz123ful]

Amazing work!!! What sand paper grid you use before the first stain??

[@goose688]

In another PRS video, the tech says 220grit before it gets to the stain station.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

THREE twenty.

[@julienDrcq]

which type paper of clothing you use it to stain ???

[@kenp133]

Does anyone know what dyes they are using?

[@andrep0wly35]

What dye is he using??

[@blazer6248]

So do they still fade to wood brown after 5 years?

[@B2Bass]

What brand of stain is being used here?

[@pedalfr3ak265]

Where do you find those water stains? That's something I'm looking for. I need to learn how to finish after that. Thank you for such a great video. It was a pleasure learning and watching you work!

[@goose688]

I think they use Kida powdered dyes and mix with either distilled water, denatured alcohol, or some kind of oil.

[@CyclopsGuitars8642]

I bought Keda dyes added water & I’m not getting that kind of color on flamed maple.Not even close

[@747ALAIN]

what is the brand of colors water dyes you use

[@CyclopsGuitars8642]

Love the video but you can’t do this with Keda dyes.Wish you guys sold PRS dyes

[@ths1158]

Can anyone please let me know where I can find these stains? I really want to make my own project but it really hard to find information on what wood stains to use!

[@Ari_Calamari]

I had no idea Alan Tudyk worked at PRS :O

[@charlesgranger9292]

What brand of stain products are you using?

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Keda.

[@gri7]

I will be really curious to see that sanded back black with then a color laid overtop. I'm thinking of staining black sending back and layering bright green

[@Abbynorml1979]

Greg Kinear double?

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

Question though...Is it possible to do several different stains on the same body and maintain nice, straight, clean lines between them? I have a friend that wants me to do a VH 5150 replica build, but he wants to do it on a quilt maple top and use dyes instead of paint to give it a unique look. Don't know if that's even possible.

[@LabyrinthGuitarworks]

You would want to do that by spraying a tinted clear rather than applying stain or dye by hand.

[@caseyjones3842]

You should sell this dye. What is the brand?

[@HS-vb1nz]

How did you make the pink dye? What do you use?

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Diluted red.

[@vladimirmolchanov2282]

what type of water based stains do you use? I want to stain my furniture in the same technic but i find only oil or alcohol based stains, or water based which is not translucent, they are muddy.

[@MrDRSMAX]

I think they use analine dye. I've heard they use keda brand, but I don't know for sure. Either way, if you look for wood dye instead of stain, you're more likely to find the right product.

[@guitarchitectural]

Dye and stain are different beasts. Dye goes into the wood (tiny microscopic particles), stain sits on top (fat pigment that is larger than the wood pores). So they make light behave differently too. Start with aniline dye

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

As far as I am concerned when it comes to dying....go quilt maple or go home. But when it comes to binding, would it not be better to do all the dying and THEN add the binding? Keep from having to tape off such a precise area.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Have a close look at pretty much any USA PRS guitar and you'll discover the 'binding' is not anything added. It's the edge of the top wood. The fact that the binding is usually plain (uncolored) maple is a testament to the skill of the finishing department crew. They are *that* good.

[@bad1and1bad]

I wanna know how a faded whale blue kinda white-ish, dark blue burst is made. Can anyone help out?

[@taylorlization]

New to this whole guitar building.....but what's private stocks?

[@314jrock]

What he means by prive stock is PRS Private Stock line of guitars. PRS has different guitar lines; the SE line, the S2 line, the Core line, and the Private Stock line.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Some Private Stock guitars cost more than $20K.

[@PSk4t3r]

Anyone know the brand of these dyes?

[@mgcnashville6615]

No. But it's likely trans tint. Even if not, trans tints are the standard in the guitar world. You'll get great results. Stewmac sells them under the "color tone" brand. But Jeff jewitt(the inventor) sells them on his website cheaper. Homesteadfinishingproducts.com

[@PSk4t3r]

@@mgcnashville6615 Thank you so much! 🙏

[@mgcnashville6615]

@@PSk4t3r no problem. If you look up the “northern lights” finish that PRS does, I achieved very similar(if not exactly) results just yesterday using trans tints blue, and trans tints red. One I mixed with water, the other with rubbing alcohol.

[@mgcnashville6615]

Oh also, I went over the whole thing with pink(just red heavily diluted) after I got done. Really really good stuff. I’ll post a vid of u want to see.

[@PSk4t3r]

@@mgcnashville6615 yeah please

[@Frenchmelodymaker]

Anyone can tell me what brand did he used for the staining ?

[@Terribleguitarist89]

I've never seen a vid where they've mentioned it but one I've seen it looked like they had some Moser Aniline dyes on the table.

[@Jackson1959.]

Je Mosers dye

[@steve14437]

Did he mention a brand for the dyes?

[@ADFinlayson]

No, but I've seen in other video snippets bottles of Moser's Anilin dye, I'm guessing that is what they use for their alcohol stains

[@steve14437]

Thanks

[@memuherdez90]

A D Finlayson Guitars Thanks man! kiesel prs and other big companies tend to always turn their bottles so the tags arents visible

[@michaelpolutta3131]

@@ADFinlayson And I think JE Moser's (woodworking.com) is really repackaged Lockwood dyes.

[@Terribleguitarist89]

@@ADFinlayson I've seen the same as well with the Moser dyes.

[@robsonf6683]

Dream job: level 100

[@jonmale3104]

Interesting PRS goes on about drying out moister he we see it been added back!!! tell me it will dry out

[@johnkasianowicz6536]

First, very little water is added in the staining process. Second, the wood took a lot of time to dry out and would take some time to rehydrate. The appearance of the edges show that very little water goes past the surface.

[@dragon7590]

Its basically SURFACE moisture with a very small amount of water that won't effect the overall balance or the guitar as opposed to a brand new peice of wood with higher levels of INTERNAL moisture that will cause a shift as it escapes.

[@suhoops1620]

hmm no answers to the questions from the creators of this video

[@xblinketx]

All great when the guitar is new, but just wait a few years, or in some cases - several months to learn that your beatiful finish is gone... In 10k-20k $ guitar. Embrassing af.

[@TheVertigoCycles]

What are you talking about? I have a PRS that was built in 1991 and still looks new.

[@xblinketx]

@@TheVertigoCycles Lucky you. It's a pity that not every owner is that lucky.