[Robb4248]

Creating the stencil: Wrap your guitar in masking tape on the side you want the design to be on. After three or four layers, you're good to go. Take an exacto knife or box cutter or other cutting utensil and cut out the design on the bare plastic. Do that lightly so you don't put deep scratches in your guitar.

First off, you're going to want to sand it a bit with a fine (~200) grit sand paper. Next, blast the guitar with some plastic primer (from about 6" - 8" away in a sweeping [left to right, right to left] motion, releasing the trigger at the end of each sweep). wait for that to dry and start the tricky part. You're going to pick your design and pick your color and lay down the base coat. Let's call it black. Lightly coat your guitar in black every thirty (30) minutes for 4 - 8 coats. You now want to lay a few layers of clear coat on it and let that dry. Wait 48 hours and put your stencil on the guitar (note: for the design to come out looking nice, make sure that all of the edges are tight against the guitar so no paint escapes. If paint does escape, sand down the area lightly with a high-grit sandpaper (~200) with light water and then clear-coat the guitar again). The clear coat will help the paint keep from coming off. Now sand the area where your paint will be to remove some of the clear coat so your job will be done nicely. Paint the area of the stencil very lightly, with 5 - 10 coats (again, following the every thirty (30) minutes rule. Now throw on some clear coat and give it another 48 hours and remove the stencil. You're good to go now! Just reassemble the guitar and get back to rocking.