Skin Your Skunk Installation Instructions

Congratulations on choosing a Skin Your Skunk Guitar Skin! Now comes the fun part. Installing your skin is a fairly easy process but does require some time and patience. If you follow the instructions below, you should have no trouble at all.

When you get your skin home, remove it from the tube and allow it time to flatten out (because it was rolled). This can be done by placing it face up on a table with a soft book or two laid on top of it. It may take a few hours to completely flatten. While you are waiting, you should collect your tools and prepare your work space for application.

What you will need:

• Warm, soapy water

• Paper towels

• Scissors

• Razor blades

• Soft Squeegee

Step 1

Remove all the hardware from your guitar.

Step 2

Clean your guitar. Warm, soapy water works well. 

Step 3

Apply your skin by peeling one side off the white and sticking it to your guitar. Slowly roll the white out from under the skin while pressing the skin in place.

Step 4

Once the white is completely rolled away, squeegee the whole surface of the guitar to fully activate the adhesive. 

Step 5

Cut out the parts of your skin where the hardware goes. 

Step 6

Cut around the edge of the guitar holding your razor blade perpendicular to the guitar's face. 

Note: Remember that you can always cut more of the skin away but you cannot re-add it once it's gone.

Step 7

Reattach your hardware.

Step 8

Repeat the process for your headstock skin. 

Tips & Tricks

• Remember that you can always cut more of your skin away but you can never put it back once it's cut.

• Use the right tools! Scissors, razors, a clean paper towel, etc.

• Completely clean the surface you are applying your skin to. Nothing sticks to a dirty surface.

• The more hardware you remove from your guitar prior to installation, the easier it will be to install your skin.

• If it takes less than one hour to install your skin, you are likely not being careful enough.

• Have a friend help you. Four hands are better than two.

• Once your skin is installed, touch up the edges of the skin with a black marker.