Your videos are not only informative, they are really relaxing to watch too.

Always educational. Thanks for posting.

That's crazy how green it turned, then back to the right color when applied to the wood. Weird.

Great lesson and show, thank you.

That gave me an idea of using colored filler and the after sanding to use the leather dyes application the same as each color filler was applied. Like in a dragons breath red, yellow , brown filler . Then work on the dye again to do the dragon breath and fade it all in

Very nice! Great info, thanks!

Ohh I wish you would've included a picture of the final product at the end so we could see that mirror finish!

That color was weird. Glad to see you testing it before putting it on. *shiver*

I am pretty sure you can still buy e-book with all details you need on woodprix.

I've been enjoying your vids and learning a lot. I'm in process of my first kit build (LP semi hollow). It has maple veneer too and basswood body. Originally I was planning to use mahogany stain on the basswood, but after a bit of research, understand that basswood don't take stain too well? What do you recommend for my basswood? I'm going to dye the top with some keda.......not sure which yet as I have both the powder and the liquid. 😂 I've sanded to 220 before doing anything, is that good enough. My next grit down is 400. Thanks for your help and enjoying learning from you.

Not much fun but absolutely necessary. It's also 1 of the reasons I like maple necks. Great tutorial !!!!!

@luizmagalhaesbr

Жыл бұрын

Don't they need grain feeler too ?

@dannyc6166

Жыл бұрын

@@luizmagalhaesbr generally Hard Maple only needs a sealer before lacquer, or only oil applied in several Coates, use #0000 steel wool to smooth out before applying the next coat of oil. Maple is a closed grain wood, mahogany is an open grain wood so you have to grain fill first or your finish will sage into the open grain & give a rough finish. Hope this answers your question. 🤞❤️✌🏻🇺🇦🇺🇸

Thanks for this video. I’ve got a few questions I’d love to understand if you have time. If you are doing a natural finish do you always tint your wood filler? Can you use stains over woofer filler? And can your use that razor blade clean up method on bare wood if you are taping off to do multiple stain patterns? If not, any advice on cleaning up stain mistakes from wood? Thanks!

Did you wash coat first, or is the filler going on bare wood?

Very straightforward…now do I need to fill the maple cap?

I wish somebody would do a video on grain filling ash for a sunburst

Hello! I'm from Brazil and have a question. How did you make the curved trim from the backside of body? Thanks and congratulations.

Is the water opening the grain while you put the filler in? I work in hardwood floor and i know we put a very thin coat of regular water down to open the wood grain and get it to accept the stain more evenly. Thanks for the info!

If my stain is a oil-based stain do I necessarily need an oil-based finish top coat or is there a reason to or not to use a water-based finish? I plan on having a, I would say satin finish in a color that looked a lot like I guess the one you made at least of the filler was first being applied, that nice deep brown. So I like that color but a little more on the satin and/or Matt looking finish. Any suggestions? Just really mess with my guitars back in the day and painted and did a pretty good job I'd say so myself, but never applied would green filler and there was a couple of discrepancies in that sense on my lovely guitar. Thanks for your knowledge and sharing that with me along with you all KZread contenters because it's been a lot of time on the internet. I'm just rambling now but anyway what's the what's to say on that oil base or other base finish, look for the information Thanks a lot and keep up the great videos because not everybody can and I feel like you have some thanks have a great one Happy New Year everybody goodbye

Hello I have. Question. Have you try Waterlox on wood thread side instead of oil is a sealer

Hey BigDGuitars....Why do you color the filler to a dark brown, when it looks pretty much like the bare mahogany when you are done? Does the color of the filler you use affect the end look much at all? Great videos! Subbed & Thumbed!

Hey Derek, was the wood bare? Does it work to do this over a coat of shellac?

should i do wood filler before I stain the top (mahogany top) or stain and then fill?

Can you stain afterwords. Then use a tru oil finish?

Is it ok to spray lacquer finishes over water based grain fillers?

After scanning the comments alot of up and coming potential luthiers Take a look at the Guild of American Luthiers...a serious wealth of information...

what does this paste consist of?

Thankyu for your video.. About the filler.. Do you mean wood filler or sanding filler? And how to apply what is we need both, so we applied wood filler and second we applied sanding filler.. Please your reply. Thanks

@michaelinglis8516

3 жыл бұрын

He means what he said, Grain filler. And theres no such thing as sanding filler. You're likely thinking of sanding sealer.

Since you added dye to the filler, did that dye also color the wood? You sanded the back of the body, but it doesn’t seem like it is as light as the cavity for the electronics.

@bigdguitars

2 жыл бұрын

there was dark brown added.

After the grain has been filled and sanded.. can coats of danish oil be applied..? will the danish oil go into the wood...? OR should I just seal the grain using the danish oil and wet sanding..? I want to seal and finish a mahogany guitar.

@bigdguitars

4 жыл бұрын

you don't need to grainfill if you use an oil. the oils seep in and you really don't need the filler unless you want a mirror finish.

I shot sanding sealer on my mahogany first and now I need to fill the pores, how to proceed from here?

@bigdguitars

6 жыл бұрын

Look up my video on aqua fill.

I was wondering what your thoughts were on using resin to fill the pores VS. grain fill.

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian S you can if the epoxy is really thinned out but thats messy sometimes.

@giznerbal

8 жыл бұрын

Zpoxy works great for pore filling, but it's an even slower process than using a paste.

+BigDGuitars Could I just stain the Ash body (I have water-based dye), sand it back and stain again like in your fantastic videos, and then use sanding sealer? Is sanding sealer a substitute for grain filler? I want to use an oil finish to bring it to a gloss finish. Can I use an oil over sanding sealer?

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

Sanding sealer is not a filler. You should test on a scrap piece. For what you are trying to do.

@johnniemnemonic73

8 жыл бұрын

+BigDGuitars - Thanks for replying. I think I'm going to lacquer and get a smooth finish. Should I grain fill before I use my dye or after? What would you do?

@mcewan-media

8 жыл бұрын

+BooleanUniverse im guessing you do it before

Do you grain fill before or after you stain the guitar?

@davidkruest9985

8 жыл бұрын

+Rick Newmyer You can see he added dye to his filler. In general, you can stain before or after, they give different looks to the grain.

Doing some research for my Lp staining the maple & want to fill the Mahogany & tru oil it all. Could I tru oil over the filler no issues?

@bigdguitars

4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@Jupiter6317

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigdguitars Awesome thanks as was look into nitro but idea of tru oil & the finish of it

Can you use grain filler on an already finished neck with noticeable pores?

@bigdguitars

2 жыл бұрын

Not usually. The stuff won’t stick

Is wood filler always needed? I do primer, paint, finish, polish. Am I making a mistake not using wood filler?

@guitarpro594

5 жыл бұрын

Use the filler. Your finish will be much smoother and look better. If you are doing sunburst or any burst remember to clear coat in between coats to give the see through effect.

@mythicguitarcompany4826

5 жыл бұрын

Filler is not required but as stated, the more layers of clear you apply, the bigger the pores look. Every layer of paint or clear amplifies the size of the pores. You can still achieve a glass finish, if you wet sand almost every layer and keep applying new layers. After about 60 layers of nitro clear, it will be glass smooth. That is a lot of wet sanding with 1200 grit. Been there... done that.... took me 80 labor hours to do a les paul. now I fill almost everything I do.

6:20 how do you know when the filler is "just in the poors" ? im a novice to me i would have thought you completely sanded of all of the filler there

@bigdguitars

7 жыл бұрын

you move the filler in the grain and let it dry and then sand off. Practice of some scrap to see how it goes.

@dr.banana2828

7 жыл бұрын

***** thank you. i came across a bigger problem, while sanding mahogany back, theres a ton of sand dust all over the guitar, in every scratch and all the pores. guess il buy some compressed air spray cans cause right now its a mess

@mythicguitarcompany4826

5 жыл бұрын

@@dr.banana2828 small air compressor. Then move to a clean paint room and use a tack cloth to clean remaining dust. Dont worry if you get little specs in the paint and clear, You'll be wet sanding almost every layer you apply if you want a glass smooth surface. I know that thos comment was from two years ago, but it will help someone else eventually

@oprahfrenchfry5065

3 жыл бұрын

@@mythicguitarcompany4826 What exactly does wet staining each layer do as opposed to just wet sanding and then buffing at the end?

+BigDGuitars Do you fill the grain of all your guitars first before dying them or do you grain fill after or does it depend on the type of wood? I have a Strat copy in bare Ash, is grain filling my next step after sanding the wood body? There is no veneer on it, it's all Ash. I would appreciate your opinion. Thanks very much.

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

Do you want a smooth coat are you going to lacquer? If you use lacquer and want a smooth surface then use filler. If you don't care and are using an oil then just go with no filler

Forgo the color mixing. Apply filler -> Sand 240g -> Sanding Sealer -> Blotch Seal - > Power spray Stain

Did you only use 400 grit on the grain filler?

@bigdguitars

2 жыл бұрын

320 then 400

@chrisfrostmusic3423

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigdguitars Awesome, thanks!

can you stain/dye over a grain filler

@dylanvalentine1963

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Terrell yup

Thick milk? Cream or cheese?

2 in 1 filler and stain mahogany👍

Do you need to re-fill mahogany if you've sanded down from an original finish? I mean would the ORIGINAL finish not have been filled? Cheers for the awesome vids btw ;-)

@letzrok1016

9 жыл бұрын

Hey what was your result? I'm doing the same thing as you (took of original finish to do another one) did you grain fill or just skip to the stain?

@Lupocide

9 жыл бұрын

I actually just sanded down far enough to leave a sealer coat on it then did a paint job on the whole thing followed by clear coats. I'm going to be doing a stain and oil job on an old Pacifica next couple of weeks though - I'll sand right down to the wood (alder this time) and see what the grain is like ;-)

Why not on the top?

@dawsonhooker7480

8 жыл бұрын

Maple is not a porous wood

@fnaah_au

4 жыл бұрын

maple is definitely porous, as anyone with a blue, green or purple flamed maple guitar can attest to. It has a closed grain pattern though, so it doesn't need filling, unlike open grained wood like mahogany.

this dude sounds like tom green