So, in preparing to stain (or really any finish) is it better to mask the binding or to stain everything then scrape the binding with a fine burnished scraper...asking for a friend
Masking is time consuming and painstaking and it seems color always bleeds under the masking anyway meaning the binding will need to be scraped anyway.
On the other hand, staining the binding seems like it would lead to an inordinate amount of scraping.
Think I just answered my own question...