Getting necky. . .

I sanded the rough sides of the headstock using #240 and then #320 grit sandpaper and got a nice smooth finish, it probably took about an hour in total to get to a point where I was happy with it.

Then I masked the fret board as I dont want to lacquer it, its a rosewood fretboard and your not supposed to lacquer rosewood.



Then I applied the first coat of tinted lacquer, Ive never sprayed anything before so I had a quick spy online and found a few tips. The only place I have enough space to spray it is outside so I set up me workmate and sprayed the front of the headstock first then laid it fretboard side down and sprayed the back of the headstock and the neck.



This is after one coat of tinted lacquer, Im want to put a few more coats on it, I should have took a photo of the neck before spraying then I could have compared the two.

A few things:
Outside there is wind and wind blows the lacquer awrrll ower!!!
There doesn't seem to be much difference in colour between one coat on no coat!!!
My first coat isnt very even, Ive got some thinly coated bits and some heavier!!!

Im not too happy with the first coat, Im hoping the second coat will go on better than the first, got to wait for it to stop raining before I crack on with it. Going do maybe two more coats on the neck - Ill see what it looks like when its done.