Spraying…

Before painting, I get some coats of primer down. This helps to smooth the surface, and enables the paint to adhere better. Once dry, it’ll get a light sand, which is especially important in any places where the paint has raised the wood grain. Then I’ll put on another coat of the primer.

I’ve just decided to do a red stain on the back, so no primer there, as I want the wood grain to show through.

It’s getting close to getting the gold paint on the front, and gluing the neck on. The Super Glue can sometimes bleed when gluing the binding, which can prevent the stain from taking properly. If this happens, I can mix some stain into the Nitro when spraying the edges to hopefully improve it.

Then finally, the neck is ready to join the party…

And once the primer is dry, we can start getting the colour sprayed on the front! Gold for this one. Starting to get an idea of how it’s going to look, pretty happy with the colour choice.