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What order do you do them in, and why?

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I do the back first.
because if there is something wrong with the air pressure-mixture-etc.

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Mike Collins

I do the back first.
because if there is something wrong with the air pressure-mixture-etc.
it's easier to fix on the back(for me)
Then sides,top last .
I akways take more time on it so it's easier to rub out & so a
mistake is not seen or hard to fix.

Then a single malt!!!!!
Mike

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Mike Collins

Sides-back-top. That way I'm not getting overspray from the sides onto the top and back.

But I imagine you can use pretty much any order and get good results.

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Josh House

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I spray the body flat. I tape off the fingerboard extension area and the bridge area and then tape a block on those areas to hold the guitar off the turn table. I first spray the top (heavy) and the sides (more lightly) and wait a few minutes for it to flash off. I then flip it onto the blocks and spray the back (heavy) and the sides again (more lightly). I then wait long enough for it to be dry enough to be placed on its back again before spraying a second coat.

I spray the sides then the sound board or back. I believe my fixture is a lot different than most. I spray in the horizontal position (like table top) the fixture has a 360 degree locking, rotating work holding detail. I found that the flat spray plane eliminates sag and allows the coating to flow out a little better My fan is down draft so it sucks everything toward the floor away from the work right from the get go.

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Ken Cierp

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What Josh said.

I use a StewMac Freehand Holder which lets me rotate the body. I spray sides, back, top.

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Finishing/Spraying/Freehand_Holder.html

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

+1 for Josh H

Back, sides,and then top. Why? That's the way I did the first one..................!

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A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!

Its more about how the light happens to be hitting the instrument as I'm holding it. Whatever part I can see best I spray first typically. I usually start with the top or back I find though.