Staining a Guitar Body - DIY Stain with Angelus

[@MarcCarriage121]

I love watching the staining videos. I know you did a lot of them but the truth is they are all one of a kind . The first never looks like the last or any in-between. Thanks Big D!🎸

[@bigdguitars]

the best is getting a piece of wood to pop!

[@markbundy1694]

That’s what I’m talking about!!! Going back to his roots. 🤘🏼👍🔥

[@bigdguitars]

thanks buddy!

[@andyt5559]

STUNNING DEREK! ITS JUST GORGEOUS!😮

[@mvyper]

That brick color looked great! Awesome work as always.

[@GlenDeanII]

That finish looks fantastic, bruv!

[@danandratis]

Very nice job, thanks for the video Derek - Cheers from Canada

[@briansimpson8116]

Good job Buddy! Looks great!

[@blankcc]

Wonderful work. Thank you for this tutorial

[@andres.igmendez]

Would love to see you making a beautiful dye but in the cheapest guitar kit you can find! No beautiful maple top or anything, just a basic cheap kit

[@coppulor6500]

me too

[@robertr4193]

Looking real good.

[@jeffreyeagen4896]

Gorgeous!!

[@foursquares.guitars]

I watched many of your video where you stain a guitar body, especially with gradient. They have been a point of reference on building some guitars from scratch with my hands.

[@paulmoreton3083]

Super job and great work in blending those colours to get the best you could with the book match issue you talked about. Shame about the binding work which looks like it was not done with the same level of care and attention that you apply to your own work - but that's why you have a following! Cheers for sharing, Paul in the UK.

[@bigdguitars]

thanks buddy

[@avielkharrat5788]

Nicely done D !

[@JLebowski357]

Do you apply anything after the sanding sealer or is that enough? I’m working through my own guitar kit and want that matte finish

[@mvyper]

Mat varnish. Either sprayed or rubbed in.

[@DavidRoyse]

This looks absolutely amazing - is this steel wool you're using at 6.27 to dull the finish down? Would you recommend this over sanding at this stage & why if so? Apologies if this is covered elsewhere.

[@JLebowski357]

For anyone using these dyes from Angelus, I haven’t been able to find something that you can brush/wipe on without it pulling up and reactivating the dye. Tried Varathane sanding sealer and their clear lacquer on test strips with Angelus dye…both resulting in the dye moving around or lifting onto the brush. I’m assuming the only option is spraying sanding sealer like he is in the video. Anyone have any success with another product?

[@Tarantula_Fangs]

That came out absolutely fantastic!! Great work! 🙌🏻🎸🔥

[@GhostyFilms]

My Angelus dye bled onto the binding as well... I thought it was because I put boiled linseed oil on top, (which really ruined the color) but it seems as if it can bleed without the oil.

[@MrGreyMook]

Is that the leather dye? I'm looking for some.. the web just gives me leather dye? 😬

[@Kdschaak]

The guitar he showed as an example is awesome. Anyone know what kind it is?

[@mikes51501]

Can you spray a stain? Or does using a rag or sponge better for a reason?

[@TheHiddenBooger47]

Nice colors

[@lorenzomoretto6024]

Hi, beautiful guitar!; I want to know if the Angelous leather stain is the standard acrylic one or the one for suede leather, they are very different colors. Lorenzo from Italy

[@EddieG1888]

Derek, watching your dye stain videos has inspired me to give it a go on a project I'm working on, but I've a question for you; how long do the Angelus alcohol-based dyes take to dry completely? I'm planning to try a burst on a maple neck, and I've given them a trial on some scrap maple, but even after 5 days or so I'm still getting colour coming out when I wipe the wood with some kitchen roll.

[@harleywood9588]

What kind of finish do recommend to put on after the sealer

[@Patrick.B223]

Awesome job! It’s so cool to see the figuring on the maple top stand out like that. I’m interested to know where the customer got the guitar body from.

[@bigdguitars]

I don't know. not too happy with it

[@bliss36]

Body came from Five Alarm Guitars

[@greyguitar13]

Amazing!

[@Knight_Boxx]

Do you still make varitone switches.

[@kenthall6584]

Very nice!

[@ninao-xyz]

The binding issue. It could be the composition of the binding plastic reacting with the ink. I've seen binging "melting" because someone used alcohol to clean it. Angelus inks aren't water based right? Anyways those colors looks stunning. 👍

[@captainjackau]

Love the process... VOD edit esp the end could do with some work.. LOL

[@Terry3Gs]

Those reactions at the end !! ha ha ha ha ha :D :D :D Love the way it came out & that body style is very cool !! :)

[@billysmether6237]

Which type of the dye from the website do you use? Leather, suede? I may have missed that in your video. Great video thank you!

[@mvyper]

He uses Angelus leather dyes.

[@timjenkins502]

Great work! Do you use sanding sealer before you start dying?

[@bigdguitars]

sanding sealer at the end to lock the colors in.

[@timjenkins502]

@@bigdguitars thanks!!!

[@MangledGuitars]

It's like you know what you're doing. Looks great though

[@bigdguitars]

I try

[@MidnightHedgehog365]

Beautiful! But I can't help but feel like the end product isn't what the customer wanted if they wanted the example picture. Although beautiful the guitar was more of a sunburst instead of the more uniform soft brown and yellow of the example picture. The body color should be continued much closer to the edges and maybe a bit more orange/brown? I hope they loved the result because I sure do. I'm just nitpickin and curious what the client thinks 😅

[@timclaason]

That pre catalyzed sanding sealer really makes the color pop

[@muurimc]

well, that looked easy :)

[@kennycube5126]

You sanded to 420? We know what you've been doing 😀

[@bigdguitars]

Haha.

[@FlightSimDude]

👍

[@napatmetalcore9363]

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[@TransientMobile]

Hi Derek, thank you for sharing all these techniques and tips with us. Your videos have been great. I emailed you a few days ago @bigdguitars. I had a question on why my top has a strange ring on the outside edge. Let me know if you were able to get my pics if you have time to look. Either way thank you and looking forward to more videos!

[@mariamujica6267]

Hi ive seen your vids and i love how smooth and vlean is your work theres any chances to contact you via email to ask you a strat neck theres no luthiers in my city soo im looking for a good one online you got email??