How To Paint A Matching Headstock

The process and materials used are much the same as when painting the body of a guitar on a smaller scale.

How to paint a matching headstock.

Taping off then painting black the headstock of my that f ng guitar mim telecaster. Each works a little differently but. At the moment there is a thin layer of gloss on top of the wood. I m painting the headstock black to match the colour of the body.

I sort of thought i would need to sand it down to the bare wood surface first for the paint to stick. Pretty straight forward job. Sadly color match is incredibly unreliable and in my experience hd associates don t transfer old label info they will do a color match of the old paint. Although many models of guitar will have a plain varnished headstock you can paint yours to match the body of your guitar.

I feel like it s a little bit of a risk as both headstocks were looking excellent in clear but i d hate to regret not trying to make exactly the guitar i. An easy way to match your existing paint color is to simply take a knife and peel off the top layer of paint says scott specker owner of five star painting in suwanee and alpharetta ga. I always have loved the custom color fender guitars with painted headstocks and so i ve decided to paint both headstocks to match the bodies. Many of the larger paint companies including behr and sherwin williams offer mobile apps to make paint matching a breeze.

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