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finishing questions.
I'm buying a cheap guitar for the sole purpose of painting it. it's a friends hondo les paul rip off.
It's going to be snow white with thin black binding
kindof like that.
a few questions I need answered though, as I'm not an experienced painter by any means.
I'm thinking the best way to do the binding would be after I spray the whole body white, tape it off except for the binding and spray it black. what's the best way to do this if I want a clean binding that looks straight and professional?
also, I'm to sand the existing finish off of the guitar, I assume I can do that with 400 grit and work my way up. What grit should I end on before painting it? and is there something else I need to do to the guitar other than and it? any sort of chemical or bleech to apply? or something to fill the wood pores or something.
and lastly what paint should I use? Poly is an easy answer because I don' think you can get snow white with a nitro finish, but is there a specific paint I can use that won't slowly yellow?
Since it's a pretty easy color, I was thinking about even doing it with spray cans. any opinions on this? I have access to a compresor and arbrush, but I'm thinking spray cans might be a little easier. obviusly it won't looks as professional, but will it look at least factory or are you going to be able to tell someone did it with spray cans?
I'm buying a cheap guitar for the sole purpose of painting it. it's a friends hondo les paul rip off.
It's going to be snow white with thin black binding
kindof like that.a few questions I need answered though, as I'm not an experienced painter by any means.
I'm thinking the best way to do the binding would be after I spray the whole body white, tape it off except for the binding and spray it black. what's the best way to do this if I want a clean binding that looks straight and professional?
also, I'm to sand the existing finish off of the guitar, I assume I can do that with 400 grit and work my way up. What grit should I end on before painting it? and is there something else I need to do to the guitar other than and it? any sort of chemical or bleech to apply? or something to fill the wood pores or something.
and lastly what paint should I use? Poly is an easy answer because I don' think you can get snow white with a nitro finish, but is there a specific paint I can use that won't slowly yellow?
Since it's a pretty easy color, I was thinking about even doing it with spray cans. any opinions on this? I have access to a compresor and arbrush, but I'm thinking spray cans might be a little easier. obviusly it won't looks as professional, but will it look at least factory or are you going to be able to tell someone did it with spray cans?
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