DIY Paint Stand?

[PFDarkside]

I’ve finally taken the plunge and have ordered a paint kit for my unfinished Strat body from the sale a while ago. (I’ve done a bit of spray painting with other items, have proper PPE and know the value of good prep work as well as steps to achieve a good finish)

Any tips for building a makeshift stand to paint a guitar? Thinking black pipe, some fittings, a dowel and a base of some sort?

 

[ragamuffin]

I made one pretty similar to this

 

[PFDarkside]

I made one pretty similar to this

Thanks! Do you recall about how much it cost?

 

[ragamuffin]

Thanks! Do you recall about how much it cost?

It's been a while, but I know it wasn't a lot. PVC is pretty cheap.

Mine does not go into the table like his: I stuck the pvc shaft into a galvanized floor flange which is bolted to a square piece of wood a little bigger than then one in the video.

Weighing it down/keeping it stable was a bit hard though, I settled on using one of those half sized cement blocks 8x8x8? around the base and filled the hole in the block with metal fishing weights. Works great for most bodies, but an extra heavy body or bass body might be sketchy on it.