Ok so I figured if I'm going to go spraying black paint at the head stock I should probably do it before anything else to avoid the risk of getting spray on the finish. I masked the crap out of it and did about 3 or four coats, I took all the masking off to check it out below. I haven't finished it yet, there a few small patches where the masking had covered area that was supposed to be painted. I was planning on doing further coats anyway so I've masked it up again.