Step 6: Applying The White

       
 If you have made it this far, congratulations! You have a guitar with something other than primer!

          The next step will be a pretty simple one. The hardest part of this step will be deciding how you want your taping to look. More on that in a minute...

          Now that you have a solid black guitar, we are going to use tape in order to mask off the parts of the guitar that will STAY BLACK. Keep in mind that there will be white coloring AND a red overcoat when the painting is done. I say this because you want to tape off everywhere you want a black stripe to SHOW. It sounds pretty obvious but when you go to tape off the white coat, you will see how a simple brain slip could leae you without any black coloring at the end of the project. Without further ado, take a look at my model. If you want to replicate this, go for it. If you want to try your own spin, feel free to do that as well. There are many references online that show EVH's guitar that you can try to replicate. I felt like I did a pretty good job at the striping.

          Note that I use different widths of tape. I found that an easy way to get these widths were to place the tape on a piece of glass or tile and use a straightedge and razor to cut down the middle of the length of tape. When you cut the tape you know will have two different widths that you can use.

BE CREATIVE!!!

          Once you like the placement of the tape, we're ready for the next coat!! Using the same technique for painting as in described in Step 4: Primer Base Coat, give your guitar a new coat of white and let dry for 48 hours! Your guitar should look like this!

     Alright! On to Step 7: Applying Red Coat!

Step Links: 
-Overview
-Step 1: Materials
-Step 2: Stripping the Paint
-Step 3: Filling Holes and Dings
-Step 4: Primer Base Coat
-Step 5: Applying First Color Coat
-Step 6: Applying The White