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Welcome to the Robert O’Brien Online Spray Finishing Course. This course, filmed and presented by Jeff Jewitt of Homestead Finishing Products, will teach you everything you need to know to do a professional sprayed finish on your guitar. Jeff literally wrote the book on Spray Finishing and in this video course shares his knowledge and experience on how to master a factory quality sprayed finish. In the video course Jeff demonstrates the process using lacquer as a finish but the tips and techniques presented here can be applied to a variety of sprayed finishes. Everything from surface preparation to final buffing to a high gloss is covered. Jeff demonstrates how to do this by hand and by using power tools.
Finishing has always been a tedious process for us luthiers. Follow along as Jeff demystifies the entire finishing process making it much easier for you to achieve the same results. The course was filmed in High Definition and contains 3 hours of quality video instructions with all the ins and outs of how to do a professional sprayed finish.
Learn about:
- Materials and tools needed for surface prep
- Fixing defects in the wood
- Fixing defects in the finish
- Sealing the wood
- Adding color to your project
- Masking off areas of your project
- Pore filling
- Spraying topcoats
- Drop-fills and Burn in sticks
- Leveling and buffing by hand and with power tools
- Rubbing out to a high gloss or satin sheen
- Repairing mistakes
Please read the FAQ page before beginning. To begin just register/login and purchase the video lessons.
It has never been easier to learn how to do a professional quality sprayed finish. Happy Finishing!
Just wanted to share with you that I have completed the two guitar builds I was working on, using Jeff Jewitt's “Spray Finishing” video course that I purchased from your website. I followed the course (as well as one of Jeff’s books, and used the spray guns he sells), and both guitars came out great! Robert
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×A year or so ago I got Jeff Jewitt’s “Spray Finishing” course from you, and it worked very well with my first two builds (a classical from scratch and a StewMac dreadnought kit). So, thanks to both you and Jeff! That was good experience for me to learn how to spray lacquer, etc. Robert
Just wanted to share with you that I have completed the two guitar builds I was working on, using Jeff Jewitt's “Spray Finishing” video course that I purchased from your website. I followed the course (as well as one of Jeff’s books, and used the spray guns he sells), and both guitars came out great! Robert
I have gotten a whole lot of value from buying products and information from these two fine folks (Jeff and Robbie). Don