| There are many ways to paint a guitar body, | | | | it and this must be removed totally before you |
| some are simple, some are multi-staged and hard | | | | can begin to add a new coat of paint. There are |
| to follow. I'm going to try to keep this tutorial | | | | lots of chemicals that will strip the paint off your |
| simple and hopefully you will be able to paint your | | | | guitar, many of which will have no hesitation in |
| guitar body without wanting to kill me. | | | | killing you if you go near them with your mouth |
| The truth is you should not expect your first | | | | open. Get advice on which lacquer removal |
| guitar painting job to be any good. You might | | | | product is best to start with on your particular |
| have to do it a few times before you get to the | | | | guitar. |
| stage where you have the confidence to paint | | | | If you have experience in painting, which I hope |
| the body of a guitar you really treasure. | | | | you have, you know the kind of surface you |
| You can buy aerosol cans of paint for car bodies | | | | need to get down to. The guitar, if it is getting a |
| that will do the job on your guitar or you can buy | | | | complete repaint, should be a nice sanded down |
| guitar paint in cans that will duplicate your popular | | | | palette waiting for your artistic interventions. Any |
| Fender or Gibson colors. You will do well to get a | | | | holes and dents should be filled. |
| face mask and goggles unless you plan on your | | | | The final coat of paint for your guitar body will |
| lungs and eyeballs matching your guitar. The | | | | look as good as the layers of primer beneath it. |
| alternative to cans is a spray gun in which case | | | | You took great care on your sanding and now |
| you will get a better finish that needs less sanding. | | | | you need to do a careful priming job. Now you |
| Wherever you choose to do your painting, make | | | | can give your primed guitar a nice light sanding. |
| sure you remove the neck and hang your guitar | | | | Your surface should be smooth. At this stage, if |
| from a taut wire so that you can walk around it | | | | you are a beginner to this kind of work, you will |
| concentrating on spraying without having to stop | | | | be starting to want the job to hurry up and get |
| and move the guitar. | | | | finished. Don't be tempted to rush. If you are sick |
| For more information and more tutorials in painting | | | | and tired of all the effort, take a day off. |
| your guitar body, you must visit The Guitar | | | | Keep applying coats of paint till you are happy |
| ReRanch website. This is the place to go if you | | | | with the color you have achieved. This means |
| need some more info on whatever stage of | | | | maybe six coats. Then a clear coat of lacquer. |
| repainting you are at. | | | | Hang the guitar up to dry for a month so that |
| Your guitar will already have a coat of lacquer on | | | | the lacquer is hardened. |