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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on January 6, 2017 at 11:07am

John, the few cbg's I have painted have been wood boxes, sanded smooth, with 2-3 coats of Rust-Oleum rattle can paint, which is a mineral based, not water based paint. I lightly sanded with 1200 grit sandpaper when well dried (for me, a day or two), then topcoated with MinWax rattle can polyurethane  clear gloss. The finish was attractive and pretty hard when done. I don't know what products you have access to, but with any finish, as you know, preparation is paramount with any product you use. Good luck, hope this was helpful.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 6, 2017 at 12:45pm

Make sure the primer is comparable withe the top coat.
It might be worth considering an auto rattle can primer and an auto rattle can topcoat.
Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on January 6, 2017 at 11:26pm

ok thanks. 

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 7, 2017 at 5:07am

This is done using Halfords car aerosol cans,primer colour then lacquer,

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on January 7, 2017 at 6:58am

look nice

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on January 7, 2017 at 10:54am

I've used auto paint in aerosol cans(acrylic based) and acrylic clear gloss with great results on several guitars. Used Dupli-Color Perfect Match, lots of colors to choose from and sprays very well.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Hutch on January 7, 2017 at 12:44pm

Pored fill the grain with wood filler/water mix then sand back. 2 coats of sanding sealer, sanding smooth between coats. 3 coats of nitrocellulose undercoat, sand smooth final coat. Then 4 coats of Arctic white nitro topcoat. Sand smooth after 3 weeks and polish. Great products available form Northwest guitars in Manchester.

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