How To Paint A Matching Headstock

The process and materials used are much the same as when painting the body of a guitar on a smaller scale.

How to paint a matching headstock. Although many models of guitar will have a plain varnished headstock you can paint yours to match the body of your guitar. I sort of thought i would need to sand it down to the bare wood surface first for the paint to stick. Taping off then painting black the headstock of my that f ng guitar mim telecaster. 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.

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. Pretty straight forward job. Each works a little differently but. Few tips hints and tricks.

I m painting the headstock black to match the colour of the body. Just to clarify i don t need to sand anything off the headstock just apply the paint and gloss on top of it. 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.

Or if you ve built your own guitar you may just want to finish up the paint job.