How To Paint A Matching Headstock

I sort of thought i would need to sand it down to the bare wood surface first for the paint to stick.

How to paint a matching headstock.

Just to clarify i don t need to sand anything off the headstock just apply the paint and gloss on top of it. 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. Taping off then painting black the headstock of my that f ng guitar mim telecaster. Each works a little differently but.

Few tips hints and tricks. 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. I m painting the headstock black to match the colour of the body. The process and materials used are much the same as when painting the body of a guitar on a smaller scale.

Although many models of guitar will have a plain varnished headstock you can paint yours to match the body of your guitar. Or if you ve built your own guitar you may just want to finish up the paint job. In the last couple of years i ve had about five different colors that i ve needed matched three of which were old behr paint mixes and none have matched despite repeated attempts to re match. Many of the larger paint companies including behr and sherwin williams offer mobile apps to make paint matching a breeze.

At the moment there is a thin layer of gloss on top of the wood.