The painting of the body is finally finished - I hope! I lost count of the number of coats of blue, four small cans in total. Then a large can of lacquer, but after cutting back with 2000 grit a couple of areas were a bit smeary, almost like bleed through. I gave these a couple of coats of blue and then straight over the whole thing again with another large can of clear, probably ten or more coats. I'm really pleased with how it's come out for a first attempt, it'll sit for a couple of weeks before cutting back 1500, 2000 to 2500 grit and then polish.
Frustratingly though, the more coats it's had has revealed the dowels despite the amount of filling, sanding, priming and painting. These were never visible in primer so I'm hoping the worst will disappear when it's cut back. The scratch plate and bridge will hide most of it but there's one between the stop and bridge. I'll see how it goes, if it's really visible I might put a non-functioning Jaguar tremolo over it as it's similar to the Ventures II one with a large tinplate base.
The Tru-oil for the neck has been ordered and will keep me occupied while waiting for the paint to go off.
Last edited by Mosrite Slab; 04-06-2019 at 05:34 AM.
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