After chiseling the pickup I filled some of the edges where the laminate had chipped. I could have used binding around the edges but I consider this a prototype so I decided not to bind the edges. I had a large piece split between the pickup cavity and the neck but I was able to glue it back in place.
After a couple of rounds of filling I sanded the whole body with 180 grit and then 400 grit sandpaper. I had put a couple of coats of sanding sealer on the whole body a few weeks ago.
My plan is to paint the pine on the sides and the neck black and then apply a sunburst on the front, back and headstock veneer. I want to leave the layers of the laminate showing on the side of the body so I carefully masked them off.
To make the sunburst effect I cut a piece of card and trimmed it slightly smaller than the body. I then raised it above the body with several small nails pushed through the top of the card making it stand high enough to allow some overspray underneath to give a nice smooth transition. I masked the neck and the face of the head.
After the front had dried I repeated the same thing on the back of the body. The grain still shows through on the sides under the black spray.
After leaving the body to dry overnight I removed all the masking tape before the paint set too hard, hopefully avoiding the paint chipping on the edges.
I made a similar card mask for the head a gave that the same sunburst effect as the body. I will leave this to dry thoroughly for a week or so before I mask the fretboard and apply lacquer.
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