Article: Typical guitar paint includes polyester, polyurethane, and nitrocellulose. Polyurethane and polyester will result in a harder, more plastic-feeling finish on your guitar while nitrocellulose is lighter and thinner. If you're unsure of what kind of paint to get, look for spray paint that's made specifically for guitars. This is to prevent the paint from building up and making it real hard getting the neck reinstalled. The neck joint is the most critical cut on any guitar. Make sure you tape this off very well. Position the nozzle on the spray can 12 to 18 inches (30.48 to 45.72 cm) away from the body of the guitar. Remember to cover the edges of the guitar. Press down on the button on the spray can and go in long, sweeping back and forth motions across the body of the guitar. Touch the surface of the guitar to make sure that none of the paint transfers to your hand. The paint may still be sticky and you'll still be able to see the sealer under the basecoat that you just sprayed. Once the guitar is dry, flip it over and spray down the other side of the guitar. You should now have one solid basecoat of paint over the front and back of your guitar. Allow each coat of paint to dry for five minutes before applying the next coat. Continue flipping the guitar over so that the entire guitar gets even coverage. Continue to cover your guitar in coats of paint until the paint gets darker and richer. This could take anywhere from three to seven coats of paint. Once you're done laying down the base color for your guitar, you'll have to let the paint dry for another one or two days in a well-ventilated area. Once it's completely dry, you can move onto the next step. Once the color coat is dry, run your fingers over the surface, sides, and back of the guitar to see if the paint is smooth. If the paint rises too high in some spots or has become bumpy, you should sand it down with a wet sandpaper. Saturate the sandpaper in water overnight, then work it along the rough parts of your guitar while it's still wet. Wet sandpaper will not scratch the surface of your guitar. Clear lacquer paint will give your guitar a shiny finish over the paint. You can purchase clear lacquer paint at a home improvement store or online. Spray the clear lacquer the same way you sprayed the base coat, putting four separate coats of lacquer on the guitar and letting the paint dry for 90 minutes in between sprays. Don't touch your guitar for three weeks as the paint dries. During this time, the paint will cure and should be a rich solid color, but will be missing the polish that guitars typically have. Saturate a rag or cloth with car polish and work it on the surface of the guitar using small, circular motions. This should refine the shine in the guitar and make it more reflective. Finish off the guitar by buffing off the remaining polish with a clean rag. Reinstall the shielding in the electronics bay. Solder the wires from your bridge and pickups back to the corresponding wires in the body of your guitar. Fit the bridge and pickups back on the front of the guitar and screw in the corresponding screws that you set aside before. Lastly, screw in the neck of your guitar and reattach any knobs that you removed. Your guitar should now be reassembled.

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Choose a paint for your guitar. Mask off the neck pocket keeping 1/16 inch from all of the pocket edges. Spray your base coat onto the guitar. Let the paint dry for ten minutes. Flip the guitar over and spray the other side. Apply additional coats of base paint to the guitar. Let the paint dry. Sand the paint using 400-grit wet sandpaper. Spray clear lacquer onto the guitar. Let the guitar dry for three weeks. Polish the guitar with car polish. Reassemble your guitar.