Removing stained bindings

[Slevin]

Hi all!

I want to know if a stained body binding can be removed and changed to natural on a vintage yellow PRS guitar.

I'm not really a fan of stained or colored or wrapround. I always wanted a natural one that pops out beautifully.

I have a luthier friend who can do just about removing and finishing it off but I need advise if the stain is applied after a clearcoat or directly on the raw wood.

Here's a photo of the guitar:

https://flic.kr/p/v2YsWL

 

[Huggy Love]

Hi all!

I want to know if a stained body binding can be removed and changed to natural on a vintage yellow PRS guitar.

I'm not really a fan of stained or colored or wrapround. I always wanted a natural one that pops out beautifully.

I have a luthier friend who can do just about removing and finishing it off but I need advise if the stain is applied after a clearcoat or directly on the raw wood.

Here's a photo of the guitar:

https://flic.kr/p/v2YsWL

Clearcoat is ALWAYS the last step of a refinish (except for buffing), stain is applied to the wood. PRS does finish work also if you are concerned that your luthier may not do a correct job.
Welcome to the board & I think it looks great with the finish job it has.

 

[alphasports]

Just so we're all on the same page, you're talking about removing the STAIN from your existing stained "binding" which is actually part of the maple top, and reverting that stained maple to it's natural "clear" state, correct? The way it's worded makes it sound like removing a traditional glued-on binding, which of course is not present on your PRS.

 

[garrettb]

The stain is applied directly to the wood, so you'd have to remove clear coat and base coat, and then sand the wood back to remove the dye.

 

[Brad737]

On Vintage Yellow, the "binding" isn't stained. It should be natural from the factory.

 

[JMintzer]

On Vintage Yellow, the "binding" isn't stained. It should be natural from the factory.

Normally, yes. But on the guitar he's linked to, it appears that they stained the entire top, including the "binding"...