Originally Posted by
fender3x
Everything on the neck and the body have 10 brushed on coats of clear. Now we wait a month to see if this was the final application.
It's funny how wrong my cost calculations have been on finish. I thought the clear coat was expensive when I got 1 qt for $30. *But* it has finished two guitars and necks, and I still have about a quarter of it left.
I thought the spray paint was not too badly priced at $6.50 for a 400ml can. But it took me 3 cans to do a strat body, and two to do just the top of another guitar. So that would be more in spray paint...not even counting the two extra cans I purchased that I didnt' ultimately need, and the three cans that were failed experiments. Add sandpaper and brushes...and finishing seems like one of the biggest investments in the project.
Meanwhile at GuitarFetish the difference between a finished and an unfinished strat body is $10. I am not completely sure why I am doing this, but I am now completely sure that the reason is NOT cost.