This guitar is my first attempt at painting, and it has not been all clear sailing. But as all my build diaries are "warts and all" we will see how I go.
Finding the correct technique for spraying with rattle cans was more difficult than I thought.
If you hold the can too close you get runs, too far away and the paint tends to splatter, combine this with 30+ temps and high humidity (the directions on the can recommend not to paint in these conditions!!) and spray painting in the open in Brisbane can be a bit of a challenge.
My first 2 efforts were so bad I sanded them back to the primer, bought another can of paint, and started again. Third attempt was OK’ish so I sanded it back to a smooth flat finish before applying the clear coat.
That’s the best I could do. That’s 8 coats of paint, but I will be sanding a few of those away to prep for the clear coat.
A fair bit of orange peel going on here
But I was able to sand it back with 600 grit to get a smooth flat finish ready for the clear coats.
That’s 12 coats of clear, now just got to wait for it to cure.
I’m hoping that I can sand through enough coats of the clear to get rid of the orange peel. Time will tell
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