Pick guard troubles

[benno]

Hey all..

Ok, i hope this hasnt been asked before, i had a pretty good search and not much came up at all. SO here we go.

I ordered my own blank plastic from ormsby guitars, i made my own pickguard, i was quite proud of it, made all the templates and all. I was drilling to make a whole bigger for a special pot i am putting in it an the drill bit must have been blunt or something because it gripped in and ripped a side off the plastic. i glued it back on with aroldite, and decided to ignore it, now just yesterday i was trying to remove a switch i put in and bam, i cracked it right down the centre. Now that really bugged me, i glued it back together with arodite extra clear as well. Now these splits look real ugly so i want to sand over and cover it up.

pic is here: http://bsto.greatnow.com/hereitis.htm

Now my question is can i finished my pickguard the same way i finished my guitar i.e., primier, black coats, clear coats? or will it just scratch off? my dad suggested to put a couple white coats over then a clear, that way if it does scratch it wont be as noticable, but he has no experience wat so ever in guitar building, just some outside thought.

I was also thinging of putting an image underneath the clear if i was going to put clear on. Is that just a matter of printing it out, using some sprray adhesive to glue it in place, then putting my clear over the top??

Any comments would be greatly appreciated, it is a school project due next monday, i cant beleive this has broken now!!

Ben

[Brian]

The tougher the clear coat the better off you'll be and no matter which way you go paint vs image under clear it will look cool but won't take as much abuse as a straight up pick guard

[benno]

Yeh thanks brian, i just put a couple layers of white on and then a clear, its up in the finished guitar section!

Ben