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Best way to paint on an electric guitar?

I don't want to sand down the guitar and repaint the whole body. I simply just want to paint over it and add design onto it. What kind of paint should I be using? I am painting on an Ibanez RG321MH if that helps. (That's the mahogany one.)

I also want to, if possible, restore the original paint a little on it with the same colour as it has faded in places. What would be the best way to do this?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    you want to abrade the clear coat first with fine sandpaper, and then use a spray gun or can to spray on the colour you want, acrylic paint is fine. and you should probably spray a clear coat onto it aswell. as for the design you can use stensils or maybe freehand with a paint brush, just depends on what you wanna do and how good you are at it.

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