I’m really happy with the color of the vintage amber tint and the appearance of the logo underneath. I still need to build up some clearcoat to hide the edge a little more.

I realized that shooting something translucent in allot more difficult than an opaque color. There are a couple of spots where the color built up a little too much. I wet sanded the body with 600 grip paper. I applied too much water to the surface and the paint is swelling along the grain of one of the screw holes. I’m a little frustrated by this, but on a relic guitar isn’t that called “character”?

I stopped sanding for the day after consulting Google and finding that when this type of swelling occurs it’s easy to sand through the finish. I’m curious to see how this effects the finish in that area at the moisture dissipates, if it dissipates.

Here are some photos from the progress. I’m getting eager to see the guitar together so I placed the pick gaurd and hardware on top of the body.