Painting a Body/Neck
Painting a Body/Neck
Sand, Mask, Prime, Paint, Clear, Wet sand, Buff... keeping an eye on this build, hope it works out for you, there's some helpful vids in youtube that might help you out, good luck man.
Also, I dont know, but seems pretty hard to mess this up, only thing is the masking, especially the neck, Ive used Vinyl Pinstripe, than, go over with painters tape masking the fretboard, the vinyl will help with a nice clean line, I never just paint, I sand, and use primer, light coats of paint, same goes for the clear..
How much prep work you do is really the major determining factor in how well the paint job will turn out. Sand all the old paint off, then go through and block sand the guitar to 320 grit, mask off all your areas, spray a few coats of primer, allow that to fully dry then wet sand it, using blocks where you can and flexible but firm pads where you can, never sand it just using your fingers, after that spray your color coats and then your clear, then let it cure for about a month and then go through and wet sand it again, paying careful attention to your clear, when it's dull and flatlooking, you've done your job, now you can go through and buff it.
It's kind of hard to answer this because really it's a ton of steps, and I don't want to type out each and every step. Just research using google and watch videos on youtube.
Oh, and if you want amazing results, use a spray gun and good quality paint, it's possible to get a decent finish with a rattle can, but you have to have some experience.
Tip #1: LIGHT COATS