Grain filling the bodies

Using the Z poxy resin, I got both guitars up to the same point where all their backs, fronts and sides had been coated. Here you can see the tint the grain filler gives:

The bodies are left for a couple of days, then I attacked them both with 320 then 400 grit sandpaper, knocking the top of the expoxy off so that it only really remains in the grain. I'm not sure if this picture really shows much, but the gloss of the epoxy is gone and the surface is completely smooth:

Having sanded back all the surfaces, I applied a second coat of grain filler, which again will be sanded back, this time with 400 then 600 grit. At that point, the guitars will be ready for their first coats of nitro. 

Here they are, curing in the workshop (which will need considerable tidying / de-dusting before spraying starts...):

 

They'll both getting solid colours (black for the hollow body, inca silver for the solid).