Today I primed with DupliColor primer followed by a wet sand with 400 grit sandpaper.

Duplicolor Orange Mist Metallic paint from Autozone.

And finally three coats of Duplicolor clear coat.

I couldn't resist mocking this up after it was dry. Unfortunately, I have to take it back apart to do some sanding and more clear coat. Also, painted the pickguard black to see how it will look with a black pickguard. Pretty sweet I think. I'm hoping that I can get a new pickguard that will fit from pickguards.com. (Tip: the original pickguard was 3-ply white-black-white, rather masking it I did a light sanding of the pickguard edge after the paint was dry.)

I am refinishing my Washburn MG-52. This is my first attempt at doing any work on a guitar besides the basics setup, changing strings, etc. My plan is to strip this guitar down to bare wood and repaint, new pickups, pots, tuners, and pickguard.

I started today using a heat gun and a 2" scraper to remove the paint. This went fairly easily though it was time consuming, about 4 hours to complete. After removing all of the paint I sanded the entire body with 200 sand paper. Also, filled a couple of nicks with wood filler.