Butterscotch Blonde Tele Build With Acrylic Paint

[Stagger Lee]

I've got a tele body sitting around and have been looking for the right paint to get that blonde finish that old blackguards used to have. Specifically, I am going for a color like this:

I am not satisfied with the look of most of the commonly used paints for butterscotch blonde finishes like the reranch version(although they never seem to be open anyways) or any of the stewmac colors. I found this paint which seems to match the color of the picture above very closely: https://www.myperfectcolor.com/pain...pray-oem-bottles-and-pens/aerosol-spray-paint

As you can see, this paint is acrylic. I am not going for a relic job so I am not concerned with getting the finish to age in any certain way, I just want to match the color in the picture above. What things will I have to consider when finishing the body in this paint due to the fact that it is acrylic?

 

[stratisfied]

The paint you propose is solid and does not show the wood grain like the typical Fender Butterscotch blonde. You won't be able to wet sand it and buff for a final finish and the only topcoats you can apply are clear acrylic enamel or polyurethane, neither of which readily wet-sand and buff. Sprayed straight from the can, an orange peel texture is likely unless you have master painting skills.

You're going to wind up with a solid color like this:

Instead of of semi-transparent color (grain shows through) like this:

 

[Beebe]

Since you won't see the grain, maybe do a white primer and then spray thinned coats of color over that.

It looks to me like there is some uneven yellowing/ambering in the example.

You can get the color almost there and then spray some amber shellac over it to get it closer.

I'm also curious to see someone who works in Acrylic use Montana vintage to get that look:

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EDIT:

I think thinning would be key. If you don't have a spray gun, you can use the Preval Spray units.

Look into "glazing" with acrylic paints. And use the appropriate solvent for your paint.