Astracaster First Build FS-1

[Trevor Davies]

I have not done much spraying, but I did find the spray can trigger quite easy to use and comfortable, especially when wearing gloves.

My 2 cents - thin coats are better than thick coats! Practice on scrap wood first.

Good luck.

[Drashkum]

I didn't have much luck with the trigger thing for spray cans. I found I was better off with just a finger, and a glove on the finger. I used something much less elegant screwed into the pickup cavity to hold onto and move the guitar while spraying. I suspended from a tuning machine hole.

It looks like you have what you need. The only thing that I can think of is that you might want to have something to grip at the other end of the guitar. With luck you won't. But FWIW if you do....
Not elegant at all. Made of found objects around my house...but it worked pretty reasonably well.

When i paint the body I thought I can hold the neck of the guitar and spray. The challenge comes only when I paint the headstock and the back of the neck for which I may have to hang the guitar much higher or use something like you have suggested. Will try to source something from scrap objects.

Should i fix that pickup cavity holder contraption in Bridge pickup cavity or the neck?. The wood is thicker at bridge cavity and very thin in neck pickup cavity

I have not done much spraying, but I did find the spray can trigger quite easy to use and comfortable, especially when wearing gloves.

My 2 cents - thin coats are better than thick coats! Practice on scrap wood first.

Good luck.

Thank you. I have already started to spray on scrap wood. The challenge come with the amount of spray I get on pressing and the spraying distance.

I had the clearcoat fog up a few times because I pressed too much which caused me to spray too much and also because I was too close to the wood couple of times. That's why I went and got a trigger handle so that i can atleast try to deliver a constant pressure so that i can spray evenly.

I am telling myself not to get too close and always do thin coats.

But how thin is a thin coat?



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