NOTE: There was no Day 4 as it was a repeat of Day 3 – Sanding, sanding and more sanding.
Well today, I finally get to painting. As you will see in the pics, I build a “spray booth” in the garage and a jig for holding the guitar. I had to turn on the portable heater to bring the garage up to a temperature that was compatable with painting.
I break out the primer/filler paint to prime the guitar body and everything went well. I got 2 coats on it without any issues and was smuggly thinking to myself, this is a piece of cake. Then it was time to paint it black. According to the all-knowing internet, a couple of sites recommended placing the paint can in warm water to make the paint flow easier. So I did this. And then …..
DISASTER STRUCK!!!!!!!!
The paint was either too hot from warming it up in water or the spray nozzle was clogged. The paint came out of the can in bubbles. Blobs went all over the guitar. Runs were all over the guitar. A giant mess was all over the guitar, the floor and the walls of the booth. I was screaming at the horror of it all!!!! It was a NIGHTMARE!!!!.
Now what to do? Carry on as if nothing happened? Paint it as if that was the look I had in mind? Try to fix it with more paint?
All of those questions flashed through my head in an instant, so I took a deep breath and carried on. I knew that I would have to sand the mess off and as I didn’t want to have to repaint the primer, I just painted as if nothing happened.
Day 6 of building a guitar had less to do with building and more to do with fixing the disaster. I sanded down the guitar and it now looks as if it was on the road for 40 years and had a lot of paint scrapped off from misuse and abuse. Kind of a cool look but not the look I am going for in this process. Maybe later.
In the jig for painting 
