I was having a hard time finding an appropriate place to spray the body and neck. I ended up lining part of the crawl space about my studio with visquene and stapling a furnace air filter over a vent, not sure if that will do anything but it seemed like a good idea. I emptied a can of old clear coat on the surrounding surfaces thinking that the aerosol will hold down dust particles in the space. With a large fan running in the room below I’m getting decent ventilation without kicking up much particulate matter. I’ll see how good this is when I start with color.

Thinking safety I invested in a good quality respirator and I always wear eye protection. I shot 3 thin coats of valspar primer (over 8 hours) on the body with good results. I then masked the neck and shot two coast of sanding sealer on the headstock, the results blended nicely with the existing finish on the neck.

Here’s the primed body

Here’s a shot of the newly sealed headstock. I had a hard time getting the contour on the back of the headstock where I wanted it.