This guitar started its life out as a 62 reissue, with an olympic white body. That body was replaced by a 62 reissue sunburst body. However the sunburst on the body was just awful, it was almost an orange to black sunburst, not attractive at all. So, after much debating, I figured to give refinishing it a shot.  Needless to say, your products and instructions made it much easier than it could have been otherwise. I stripped the original sunburst off, sanded it down, and applied the wood grain filler,

I researched the common wear spots on Stratocasters, and tried to make it replicate those as closely as possible.  As you can tell, the final product turned out very well. I sanded down the arm wear areas, and used a variety of tools for the paint chipping.  To age the pickguard I used a tinted amber lacquer and sprayed each side, leaving the area under the pickguard lighter than the rest; as it wasn't touched as much due to the strings.  The final product is better than I had imagined. Thank you Bill for  making such great products available, and the instruction is second to none.  I can't wait to get started on my next project!