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Thanks, I'll have to try some of that scratch and swirl remover for the edges. I sprayed the sides of the headstock and kind of tapered it out....turned out a lot better than I expected. And trust me, this thing needed to be refinished lol. I got it as a floor model for super cheap, so it had some big gashes in it. I never liked the ugly yellowish natural finish on it, either. Going to start sanding the body today, so I'll post some pics this weekend. Thanks to everyone for the help.

Thanks for all the help. I'm going to try clearing the edges and sides and fading into the neck and see how that turns out.

Alright, thanks, I'll try it that way. Just waiting for the body to dry a few days before sanding, but everything's looking very good so far.

Haha, that's just a recommendation for a sanding block from the reranch 101 tutorial that I was following at first. As for the headstock, I just removed the tape around the edge after doing several coats of clear, and the edge looks just about perfect. I was thinking that clear coating the edges would be the best way, but I don't know where I could stop when clearcoating the whole headstock without spraying the whole neck (which was already finished from the factory) as it's one piece. Any suggestions for how to get it to blend correctly? Thanks for the help, reading the posts and tutorials here have been a huge help to me.

Currently working on my first refinishing project. I sanded down the front of the headstock, masked off the edges with tape, and then sprayed with reranch's blue anilyne dye aerosol and clear nitro. The edge came out perfectly. I haven't yet done a final sanding/polishing on it, I'm waiting for the clearcoat to dry a couple days. Now my question is, what's the best way to protect that edge where it goes from the original finish (just clear nitro, I believe) to the new finish? I don't just mean while sanding....it feels like the very edge would be very vulnerable to having the finish chip. Also, I've got a small computer battery for a sanding block like suggested, and was just wondering if I should sand in a circular motion or continue going with the grain. Thanks!