Aerosol Guitar Finishing – Part 2 – Spraying Color Coats and Clear Coats

If you're new to guitar finishing, you've come to the right place. This is StewMac's step-by-step guitar finishing course. In this 3-part series we show you exactly what you need to do to get a professional-quality guitar finish at home using aerosol lacquers. *The results are pretty amazing*

This series has been months in the making and covers it all:

How to finish a guitar body
How to finish a guitar neck
How to repaint a guitar / refinish a guitar

All using nitro aerosol finishes.

It's perfect for anyone - no experience necessary! You really CAN get a pro-quality result (even on your first try) if you follow these steps.

EPISODE 1 covers: prep sanding, pore filling and sealer coats.
(If you missed it, you can watch it here:    • Aerosol Guitar Finishing – Part 1 – Prep S...  )

In EPISODE 2 we're covering spraying color coats and clear coats.

00:00 Intro
01:18 Choosing Your Color
02:52 Masking the Headstock
03:50 Tips for Spraying Lacquer
05:27 Spraying Color Coats
07:41 Discuss Common Finishing Problems
10:38 Removing Tape and Inspecting the Neck
12:33 Apply the Headstock Decal
17:48 How Clear Coats Work
21:46 Spraying Clear Coats 1-9
25:05 First Wet / Level Sanding
39:48 Fixing Sanding Through the Color Coat
42:17 Demoing a Drop Fill
46:18 Spraying Clear Coats 10-12
46:56 Second Wet / Level Sand
49:45 Final Clear Coats 13-14
50:37 Discuss Cure Time

We'd like to give a huge shoutout to Chris and Matt @Driftwood Guitars (   / @driftwoodguitars  ) for helping us with this series. Thanks so much guys, it was a blast shooting this series with you!

** ITEMS IN THIS VIDEO INCLUDE: **

ColorTone Aerosol Guitar Lacquer
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5886

ColorTone Clear Gloss Lacquer
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3881

Wilkinson Guitar Kit
https://www.stewmac.com/item/6282

Sanding Block for Self-Adhesive Sandpaper
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3699

Micro-mesh Foam Sanding Block
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3701

3M Stikit Gold Abrasives Roll
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5768

Respirator Mask
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5879

OptiVISOR
https://www.stewmac.com/item/1685

Naphtha
https://www.stewmac.com/item/0766

Blue Painter's Tape
https://www.stewmac.com/item/2332

Mixing Cups, Set of 10
https://www.stewmac.com/item/4199

Guitar Finishing Step-by-Step Book
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5095

Aerosol Spray Nozzles
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5058

Drop-fill Toothpicks
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3108

Micro Finishing Papers
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5977
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