Thanks Kent

Glad I could help

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Thanks Sam.

I’m quite familiar with this paint jobs, but I’ve never been any good at them. They’re very cool though.

Thanks Yvan!

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Glad to hear it. Thank you for watching.

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Yes, the more transparent it is the more difficult. You need to increase the overlap to account for that.

Yes, the more transparent it is the more difficult. You would generally want to increase the overlap to account for that.

That’s certainly helpful

Thank you Todd

Haha bad habits. Sorry Brian.

@@BradAngove No biggie. I LERNT today

I almost never mess with the cutaways. If you get a good coat in there it looks smooth because the surface area is so small.

@@BradAngove Gotcha. I did see a great tip about gluing a 4 inch foam paint roller on to an aluminum rod and spinning it with a drill to polish cutaways, but the "f--k it" method definitely has an allure to it. 😁 My cutaways do look nice and shiny (strat) and I wondered if there was any shame in leaving well enough alone. Plus it's a glitter metal flake finish, and I have stock high end guitars with those and the finish isn't even completely flat, so I feel like I'd be in good company. I used Krylon Glitter Blast Grape Glitz, if you can believe that, and it was hell getting there, but 6 cans later it looks pretty awesome, just like the can lid (tiny ripoff cans, mind you). Crystal Clear 1303 for the clear coat, at least 4 full cans. Maybe overkill hahaha. I'm still afraid to sand it, but I've seen reviews for the stuff saying you can buff it with no compound and get it shiny, with a photo of a beautiful glassy glossy Fender headstock, so I'm going to try that first before I pull out the 1000 grit. I ordered a Ryobi 18v 6 inch buffer with cotton & wool pads.

@@BradAngove How long do you need to wait to buff acrylic? I finished it at about 3am EST today (Sunday) and the buffer won't be here until tomorrow afternoon. Is that long enough?

Generally no. Acrylic takes a few weeks to really harden.

@@BradAngove Thanks!

It’s definitely not a guitar factory. They make a variety of things there. Many custom awards, signs, promotional items like glassware, and some parts and such.

There are lots of options for adding designs. Airbrushing is the method that comes to mind for me. You can do it with a number of different paint types. I like the autoair and wicked automotive acrylics personally.

It just depends on the paint you’re using after. This primer is a bit easier to sand, but I really like the vinyl stuff as well.

Yeah, as long as you select a compatible spray paint.

It had clear sanding sealer on it, which I had sanded and cleaned before moving on to this step. I will be publishing a full series on this paint job soon.

@@BradAngove Nice, thank you.

Before the clear coat so that it can be protected.

@@BradAngove would acrylic paint be fine or what type of paint is safe to use with nitro

The acrylics paints that I’ve used have all worked fine with nitro.

@@BradAngove Thanks I appreciate it alot

Too pedantic?

@BradAngove nah, loved it. Just thought it sounded vaguely medical.