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Well i all ready ordered my paint 2 weeks ago from ReRanch, so im using thier paint. Question about going down to sealer, how do i know whats sealer and whats wood? i sanded using 60 grit, waiting for reranch delivery to get to 120 grit, and i see parts that are light brown, its a mahogony body, so how do i know whats sealer and whats bare wood?

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PS Syxxxstrings, i live in vegas too, so where would you go to get the stuff i need to make a stencil?

I cant find where to find Seral Paper, i googed it too I may do that tho. I am painting the guitar with primer, then base coat, then laying the stencil and painting the white for the image, then clearing. Now if i layed down tape and used an x-acto knife to cut it out, and it left little lines, would those lines idsappear witht he clear coats? i heard they would and wouldnt, so i would liek mroe opinions on that please

anyone have an idea or answer?

Well i have the design drawn out by hand, its kinda complex, but i dont know how to exactly transfer it. I am painting it on, so not decals, but i didnt know if there is something to use as a stencil or if someone could tell me how to go about this

I watched a video on Google of someone laying tape on the guitar, carefully cutting away to make the design, then painting, then removing the tape, but he then started over because he saw the lines in the guitar, i didnt think you would see them either but aparently you do. I can just cut the shape then place it on the guitar that way, but it seems likea lot of work. That paint build up does make sense, i didnt even think of that. So then would using the knife leave lines you can see or not? I can either do it where there is a white undercoat and i paint over a "stencil" of some sort, or i can paint the guitar the metallic blue then make a stencil and do light coats of white... which would be better?

I would need some way of leaving a cover over the white undercoat to leave that image there as i paint the main guitar body color, so when i pull up whatever i put there, it will be white underneath. I cant do tape because i have no way of cutting it on the body, because having little etch marks all over would make me have to start all over again

I am goignt o take everyones advice and go with it how i think i should, if i come out with a problem or big question ill write up a post in btoh forums, thanks a lot for everyones help!

Also i am on hotmail

Thanks so much, i rushed over to purchase eveyrthing! I bought (for my guitar, my friend is oding two for himself) 3 cans of clear coat, one can white, one can lake placid, one can white primer. and 1 pack of the sandpaper It wasnt as expensive as i thought, i am glad i went this route thanks so much, ill be asking questions once i get confused about things again, but yes i printed out everything on how to do all of this i also am borrowing 3 large fan systems to put in the room to help dry the paints

I have a drawing i made that I would like to transfer onto the body. The image will be white and the guitar will be dark metallic blue. So i will be painting with grey primer, then a coat fo white, then i want to lay down this image in a tape form, so i can pull it up later, then paint over it with the blue. Then i should be able to lift the tape off and have my image. I dont know how to transfer this image onto the guitar tho. If there something else i could use? I cant cut the image out on the guitar cuz that will leave little indentations. I will be using reranch spray cans to do this job. Thank you

Well that was kind of wierd. I cant sign up to post on ReRanch. It says my email was banned, yet I have never signed up there before. Umm well i guess i have my plans, ill keep everyone up to date on the progress. Im going to try to buy some paint as soon as the store opens, it is usually open atleast once a week? I am going to attempt to also find out how to transfer an image onto the guitar...

Ok, ya i got your Pm, i printed it out. I am heading off to bed now, but tomorrow morning i will post my plans and see what peopel say. So check back every day, he doesnt have a set schedule, that sucks O well I just looked at what you sent me again, i see what to do now Thanks I think i may be in ok shape now to give it a go How much do fans make the curing process go by? I see the time to wait if 3-4 weeks before clear coating, with a fan is it less? Also i just realized a new question, since i will most like (Yes i will check with reranch forum) be laying one coat of under layer for the logo, the clear coating, then doing my main metallic blue coat, will i need to let the one coat of white cure before clearing it? or not really cuz its one coat?

P.S. - Just went to ReRanch, checked otu forums, havent posted anything, just reading (Yay another forum to go through ) but I have decided, taht si if everyone here agrees, that i will paint with ReRanch's paints. I just gotta get lucky to get him when he is open, when does he usualyl open?