How Much Paint

[maxi450]

how much paint will it take to paint a guitar body and headstock? i know it depends on how thick i lay the paint on , just need rough quess . i'll be shooting with a small hvlp gun.

[westhemann]

what type of paint?

my guess is that by the time i finish the clearcoats on my exploder,i will be up to about 800 to 900 cc./..body,neck,maple fretoard,everything

i already have about 600 cc in color coats...but i like a thick finish,and there is alot of overspray involved with the preval sprayers i am using...plus alot of level sanding between coats...so only about 1/2 or less of what i spray ends up on the guitar(i am not very practiced at this yet,and i don't have the right equipment)

i am using catalyzed varnish

if you buy a quart of 2 part or catalyzed,you should have enough for the guitar plus expirimenting with colors and tecniques on scraps before you start

also depends on the wood and if you seal it with the finish itself or another sealer.i sealed mine with ca glueso the body was already sealed and leveled before painting

[maxi450]

my body is mahogany and the headstock is maple. i'll be using acrilyc enamel, like car paint. My last project was painted with the same kind, by somebody else, and it turnd out very good. i want to spray this one myself, i just didnt want to buy to much paint, that stuff's not cheap you know. thanks.

[Mattia]

A pint should be enough. But only if you know the material, and it goes on very efficiently (little overspray) and in one go. A quart should certainly cover it.

[biliousfrog]

I think that I used 3 cans of colour & 5 of clear on my last guitar. The spray cans tend to be thinned a lot so they don't build very quickly & as Wes said, you get a lot of waste.