New project guitar

[Rodc]

Weather wasn't too horrible today, and I decided I want the face of the headstock in gloss with the rest in satin.

So I broke out the airbrush and got some gloss poly on there. The coat is still wet in the photo, but it gives an idea of the finished colour. I'm pretty happy with the tone. So that's 2 coats of diluted FW Golden Teak; 3 coats of blonde shellac shellac (also sprayed) and 5 coats of gloss poly.



Hoping to get the satin all done tomorrow.

Looking really good mate! Love the tone too..👍
Do you use your airbrush all the time for guitars? Or a normal spray gun..

[McCreed]

Looking really good mate! Love the tone too..👍
Do you use your airbrush all the time for guitars? Or a normal spray gun..

I used the airbrush here because I only needed a small batch of gloss poly for such a small area. Plus the airbrush cleans up a bit faster when I'm done than my other two guns.

I'll use my .8mm touch-up gun when I do the rest of the neck with satin. If had chosen to do the whole neck in satin, I would have just used the touch-up gun. I've been spraying exclusively with guns/airbrush on guitars for about 2 years or so now.

I haven't done a burst on a guitar yet, but the airbrush is perfect for doing it when I've mucked around on scrap timber.


Also, thanks BD!