Originally Posted by stan
It's probably because I wasn't able to sand it perfectly flat, but, as it's going to be hidden by the scratchplate, I'm really not going to worry about it, I just tried putting the scratchplate in it's place on the body and that imperfection near the neck pup route is virtually un-noticeable.
The good news is that, since there's a coat of Clear Coat on the body, I don't have to worry about the paint tarnishing from fingerprints anymore cause it's protected by the Clear Coat.
There's an interesting side-effect, caused by the paint not being flat, it has a sort-of "Orange-Peel" texture to it (from the individual paint-droplets), but, with the Clear Coating on it, it gives it a kind of speckled effect that I am actually liking a lot, so, rather than try to smooth it all out, I'm going to go with it, gives it some character in a weird way, I guess that's the essence of the Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi, seeing the beauty in imperfections.
Update:
Just sprayed a second coat of Clear Coat on the body, I'm going to leave it alone for the time being and maybe do another two coats tomorrow.
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