There is an "internet" forum I check out called "beat gear cavern", it's full of people like me dorking out on building stuff like this, it's great, and full extremely talented and knowledgeable folks. The Master of this type of thing is a gentlemen named Dale Fortune, he used to work at Rickenbacker, among other SoCal guitar manufacturers, and is the Master of Ric restoration and building. Fortunately he gave me some great advice on spraying and sanding the clear coats, other wise I would have surely burned through my supply quicker than was required. Dale suggested 6 or 7 coats of clear, let dry, wet sand up to 800. Then spray a few more coats, let dry a week, wet sand with 1000 and 1500, and then buff out. I ended up doing a couple coats less than Dale reccommended, as I prefer the feel of a thinner finish. Pictures below are of the post 800 wetsand/final clearcoats.
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