dengxiaoping
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My guitar looks abit dull with one pickup, has anyone tried painting a guitar and what type of paint to recommend? i intend to paint only some small pictures on it like a flower or dog.
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It is not such a good idea to paint yourself but it is quite a fun experience if you have a crappy guitar to fool around first.
Here goes:
One of my guitar i painted : I used 60 grit sandpaper and sanded the paint off, then used a 120 grit sandpaper to make the guitar smoth, then i used 260 grit to smoothen more, then i covered up all of the parts i din want to paint with masking tape, then i used an airbrush to paint the body. Before i painted it i put primer on first so the paint would last. I held the airbrush far from the body and put really really really light coats on....i think i did 9 or 10 coats. The guitar i did it on was a fairly shitty Korean Ibanez rg321mh and i sold it. But the paint job was better than the original as I never like the ibanez finishes.
If you want a flower or dog, better to buy stickers.
It is not such a good idea to paint yourself but it is quite a fun experience if you have a crappy guitar to fool around first.
Here goes:
One of my guitar i painted : I used 60 grit sandpaper and sanded the paint off, then used a 120 grit sandpaper to make the guitar smoth, then i used 260 grit to smoothen more, then i covered up all of the parts i din want to paint with masking tape, then i used an airbrush to paint the body. Before i painted it i put primer on first so the paint would last. I held the airbrush far from the body and put really really really light coats on....i think i did 9 or 10 coats. The guitar i did it on was a fairly shitty Korean Ibanez rg321mh and i sold it. But the paint job was better than the original as I never like the ibanez finishes.
If you want a flower or dog, better to buy stickers.
hey jackson 
i was thinking of painting my rg321mh too! mine is a mii black mat finish.. is it possible if i spray paint using quality spray cans paint over the actual finish?as i was thinking of painting only parts of my guitar, if i sand those parts, the texture will be different as the other parts. hope u could help me in this =) thanks
i was thinking of painting my rg321mh too! mine is a mii black mat finish.. is it possible if i spray paint using quality spray cans paint over the actual finish?as i was thinking of painting only parts of my guitar, if i sand those parts, the texture will be different as the other parts. hope u could help me in this =) thanksdengxiaoping
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thanks i got the stickers already. i will try the paint soon
thanks i got the stickers already. i will try the paint soon
