Sherwood Green it is!
Unfortunately, I made a few mistakes on this go. First, I didn't have the primer leveled very well. On the black rings of the sunburst, it was a bit humid out, and I got some small bubbles in the finish. I scraped the bubbles out with a microscope slide, and sanded it a bit, but didn't get it truly flat - this was a mistake. I was thinking the primer would level it out, but it clearly didn't. I was also not careful enough with the finish before clearcoating - the metal flakes in the finish are very easily disturbed, and you have to be super careful both when spraying it (start and end the spray away from the body) and handling the body after finishing (don't!).
So I sanded down until it was pretty level, reprimed it and resprayed. This time I improvised a better solution than spraying towards the ground or ruining a patio table. I also had to order another can of paint.
At my house, guitars grow on my guitar tree, which also sprouts loquats!
Unfortunately, this was not to be the final time I finished this guitar! I made the mistake of not spraying enough clear coats.
Here's the thing - a can of clear LOOKS like it is a finished guitar. Sure there are little bumps you can feel, but it seems like you can easily sand those out. It's not true. You have to go until it feels completely smooth - my final paint job ended up with 4 cans of clear on it - I still haven't sanded this one out yet, and if I sand through this time I may just smash this guitar through my TV or something!
Here it is with sand throughs:
At this point, I decided to go big or go home, and ordered a spitfire guard and a mastery bridge!
I also ordered more paint, and ended up with this:
So how long should I wait to sand this out?
