How to paint a guitar

Have an old guitar with a faded paint, and unsightly? I know who is on your mind is to paint an old guitar you are so beautiful again, oops wait a minute, painting the guitar is not an easy job, it took the steps to do the job. below is the step of painting a guitar:

EQUIPMENT
  1. coarse sandpaper, medium and fine.
  2. Screwdrivers (+ and -) for removing existing bolts on the guitar
  3. Napkins (net: to clean up light dirt, dirty napkin: for heavy dirt, rust paint, etc.)
MATERIALS:
  1. Paint Duco Type : Kind is widely available in paint stores, or can use spray paint cans (for who would not use a compressor). NB: wood paint sold in stores are usually used to use a brush, so the result is less smooth for guitar.
  2. Thinner : Kind of too much, just info: usually more expensive, faster dry.
  3. Acrylic paint / paint also called clear / clear
  4. Materials wood putty, etc.. Usually equipped with hardener material.
  5. Equipment for putty
HOW TO WORK:
In general, to paint the wood, we have to close the pores with putty. The goal let the paint does not seep into the pores before, even stuck in the putty so that the staining became more leverage.

ABANDONMENT:
Unloading all the hardware guitar and separate between the body and neck guitar.
Write down all the hardware that has been dismantled, starting from the number of types of bolts and especially the electronic. Or we share the same guitar builders so there is no agreement if we are wrong plug the guitar as they are, we can ask him.

Scrub 1
Usually on an old guitar, the original paint color was dull and less interesting, so for best results with a new color, brush / remove all the original paint is acrylic paint (layer nodes). For excellence, we rub it until we could see the wood fibers of our guitars.

HOW putty
Starting from this process, we must truly master their knowledge. Master the first putty good way, especially crush account for a relatively dry time depending on how much we add putty hardener material. Once hardened, the putty will not be used again. Make a mixture little by little and layer evenly on each part until all parts covered. Do not give the putty is too thick, the important pores or closed wood fibers. Results putty still looks rough.

Scrubbing STAGE 2
Because the putty is still rough, this time we blend it with sandpaper. Watch out, this time rubbing the surface of highly determine the eventual outcome.

CLEANING
Basically duco paint should stick to the putty earlier. there should be no particles of any of them. Watch out! This includes dust, oil, etc..

Painting BASIC COLOR
Prepare the first place, keep away from dust, not exposed to direct sun but still no air flow. Cover the room with the newspaper did not let me hit the paint. Painting is usually done with a layered 2 or 3 times. Each is given a thin layer only and must wait for it to dry before subsequent layers stacked. Paint layer is too thick will make whole or dripping paint down and destroy the paint. so do it with patience ... OK

Painting ACRYLIC OR FINISHING
This is the finishing stage, which although arguably quite easy, but if the process is less well can also be spelled the end result is less good.

INSTALLATION HARDWARE
Restore all of the components that had been dismantled earlier as before.

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