Fretboard with Binding

[JEmory]

Are you spraying the finish and then fretting or other way around? Seems to me spraying the finish and then putting the frets in place makes more sense.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I install the frets, then mask off the face of the fretboard before spraying the finish

[johnnparchem]

Either way is OK. You will need to touch up the fret board on the edge if you install the frets after finishing. I have found that even with the bound fret board there is still plenty of opportunity to mar the finish when dressing the frets.

[B. Howard]

I prefer to finish before fretting whenever I can. On an acoustic it gives a chance to do a final leveling of the FB after the neck is set to eliminate any hump at the joint.