painting a guitar

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

So i have a start copy guitar, i sanded it all down, and now i want to paint it. But first i have a couple of questions to ask.

1. How many coats of primer do i use?

2.What grit sandpaper do i sand the paint with?

3. Should i use an airgun, or brush?

4.What finishing product do i use to get a glossy finish?

[myles]

#`1 for primer i'd just use enuff so that the guitar it all white maybe 1 or 2 even coats
#2id start w/ a very fine gritt (assumeing this is after you paint it ) then get a buffing cloth ,pad or whatever n ues that untill its nice n smoove
#3 idk for sure but if it were me i'd use an air gun
#4 to get a really shiny finish like on todays giutars they use polyurithane(sp?) they used to used nitro cellulose(sp?) but that wore off too easily so ya today the major companies use poly finishes on thier giutars

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

where would u pick up polyutithane do you know?

[Billie'sBouncer]

U can get it at places like home depot, lowes, or even wal mart or kmart type places.

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

cool so instead of using like lacquer i would use polyurithane paint?

[myles]

ya its a better idea

[CCR90]

If you want ur finish virtually indestructable. Poly is ur best bet. If you want to have it turn out like a relic fender, nitro is what you want.

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

cool thanks for all the help, i'll be sure to post pics once i finish it. Another question does anyone have an idea on doing sunbursts?

[lewy_ac/dc]

seen on project guitar about doing a smaller template of the shape and setting that like 2cm away from the body and spraying that the colour and thats your colour for the sunburst. (really vague description but thats the idea)

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

kk thats along the lines i was thinking. Whats the address for project guitar id like to have a look at that?

[Rum Monkey]

http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/tutorial5.htm

I think that has all the info you need

[soldmysoul4rocknroll]

thanks bro

[afroguy]

hi

http://www.paintyourownguitar.com/

This site rocks. The books are wicked and cover evey little detail. I used the "how create a factory finish..." ebook when painting my custom and it was so easy.

[rocken rossco]

hi

http://www.paintyourownguitar.com/

This site rocks. The books are wicked and cover evey little detail. I used the "how create a factory finish..." ebook when painting my custom and it was so easy.

you dont perhaps work for the company?

[fenderstratocaster22]

^thats exactly what i was thinking, the hi at the beginning makes me suspicious

[afroguy]

No i dont work for the company. There books just helped me thats all.

And sorry for saying "Hi" on my first post...