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mdw - for your reference, I have the PRS Factory DVD.

Here's the finish process:

They rub the color stain into the wood with a rag.

They spray 2 or 3 coats of a (the tour guy says polyester, though i've never heard of a polyester finish myself) color on it, followed by a sealer coat.

They then sand through the surface down until theres only a couple mm's of finish on it.

They then spray a top coat of color on it.

Spray a couple of coats of clear coat finish on.

They wet sand with 320 grit sandpaper until the surface "looks like a sheet of glass."

Buff out all tiny imperfections.

If that's too much, Drak knows a book that he used to learn to finish, that you might look into.

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Yes, that's the book.

The book didn't teach me 'how to' finish, but more it taught me 'about finishes', their properties, good and bad traits, formulations, etc...

I got most of my finishing chops from Dan Erlewine's videos, 'Spray Finishing Basics', and 'Spray Finishing W/ Colors', which come together as a set from Stew-Mac.

That and a few hundred coats along the way...

I think those videos are very well done and I'd recommend them to anyone over a book. Don't get me wrong, I like books too, but the videos are just very well done and worth it to see everything live in action if you're just getting started. They answered a million questions for me.

They have released a new set since I got mine years ago, the new ones are probably even better, they try to stay up-to-date with today's products and techniques. I owe an awful lot to Mr. Erlewine. :D

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