Hi all
I have had an interest in the painting and staining of timber projects of many kinds for a number of years now, mainly architectural, industrial and domestic type projects and am intrigued with many of the forum articles I've read which specifically relating to guitar decorating.

I always thought 'dye stains' and ' nitro lacquers' would be the most favourable to musical instruments as the preference.?

I'm reading about acrylic stains / black stump paint / various types of oils etc and am curious as what products are considered to be the best for guitars.

I have some paint industry experience (30 years) working for a now global paint manufacturer and am not wishing to exert myself as a salesman or know it all.

I appreciate the paint /stain applications to guitars is both unique and specialised and am only interested for my own benefit.

So interested in general thoughts on Pigment stain / dye stain / Alkyd / Laquer / 2 pack ? / Nitro ?

regards Guvna