Update time.
I primed the body!
As I mentioned in my last post, I had made a jig to hold the body so I could move around it to spray the primer on with. I hug it in my carport and went at it.
Before:
After:
Overall, I think I did an okay job. Definitely could have been a bit more evenly applied, but I was only really able to see this after I took it down from it's drying hook today to sand back - some areas went back to the bare wood a lot easier than others. Having said that, not everything went back to bare wood, which I'm guessing is not something to worry about too much.
From here, I need to hit it with another coat of primer, let that dry and sand that back with 400-grit before starting with the top coat.
At this point, I've somewhat neglected the neck - or rather, I have set it aside and not worried about it just yet. But I think now's probably a good time to think about how to finish that. I think for the neck I will just do a natural wood finish - either just a clear coat, or a varnish for it.
Question about the neck - How have people gone about prepping and finally applying the finish to the back of the neck without getting it all over the fretboard? Is it just a case of masking it off and going from there, or is there some other form of dark arts that I've missed and am not thinking about?
Is it better to (brush) paint or spray the back of the neck?
Next steps from here:
- Shape headstock
- Finish the neck
- Second primer coat to body
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