Plugging holes

Looks great!

If you want shine, you must buff, but be sure to apply amply coats of lacquer first.

I am not sure how adding nitro from the pen would "melt" the existing nitro (or even poly). Maybe they are adhering to each other and it looks like melting?
 
Looks really good, Gahr... (y)

Man carrying a bowling bag walks into a bar. Sits himself at the bar and places the bowling bag on the bar top. As he opens the bag, he proudly announces that today is his son's 21st birthday, and his son wants his first drink. The Man gently lifts his son out of the bowling bag, and the bartender and the bar patrons are astonished that the Man's son is just a head! A tragic deformation at birth! The Man lifts the shot glass of whiskey to his son's lips, as his son enjoys his first drink. Immediately, the son begins to shake violently, and a couple seconds later a torso pops out of the bottom of his head. The shaking intensifies more... after a few more seconds pass by, two full arms with hands pop out! The son's shaking is so powerful that the whole bar top is shaking and most of the glasses and bottles in the bar are falling and breaking. A few more seconds and two full legs with feet pop out!!! Now the whole bar is shaking like a strong earthquake... the bartender and the patrons of the bar fear for their lives and are running out to escape. The ceiling directly over the Man's son, who is still massively shaking, crumbles down on the son, and obliterates his head like a smashed watermelon............ Quit While You Are A Head... :victoire:
 
RVA said:
Looks great!

If you want shine, you must buff, but be sure to apply amply coats of lacquer first.

I am not sure how adding nitro from the pen would "melt" the existing nitro (or even poly). Maybe they are adhering to each other and it looks like melting?
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From the StewMac website, about the ColorTone touch-up marker pen:

A word of caution:
Nitrocellulose lacquer melts into itself, making it ideal for nearly invisible touchups on lacquer finishes. But that also means there is potential to disturb or damage the existing finish.

Here's a shot in less flattering light. You can clearly see the edge of the button, and how there is a small gap. However, when the light is not this "good", and you are not looking directly at it, the button is not too bad. The color matches pretty well. I tried to find a part of the mahogany block with a grain pattern that could match the guitar, but I figured it wasn't that important in the end. It really looks quite a lot better in real life than in this closeup!

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It doesn't look great when highlighted in that way. The other pictures you showed which are closer to real world conditions looked pretty good. I did kinda wonder why you put the lacquer on the button on the guitar instead of doing that first then gluing it in later; I thought it might be asking for trouble because nitro is so sensitive...

But, as you say, 9 times out of 10, just playing, neither you nor anybody around will notice anything at all, so it does the job. Camera lighting can really make things look different from how they are in person...
 
Mr Grumpy said:
It doesn't look great when highlighted in that way. The other pictures you showed which are closer to real world conditions looked pretty good. I did kinda wonder why you put the lacquer on the button on the guitar instead of doing that first then gluing it in later; I thought it might be asking for trouble because nitro is so sensitive...

But, as you say, 9 times out of 10, just playing, neither you nor anybody around will notice anything at all, so it does the job. Camera lighting can really make things look different from how they are in person...
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The reason I didn’t apply the lacquer before was partly a brainfart.

You are right about the light!
 
Yeah, I'm sure it's a decent enough job and you (and others) simply won't notice it... Under the 'microscope' I found little scrape marks on my binding a couple of weeks ago. Now, even looking for them it's really hard to find them, and you'd never notice them unless you were looking closely for them... We tend to get a bit crazy with our detailing when in reality there's no problem - it's good.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Yeah, I'm sure it's a decent enough job and you (and others) simply won't notice it... Under the 'microscope' I found little scrape marks on my binding a couple of weeks ago. Now, even looking for them it's really hard to find them, and you'd never notice them unless you were looking closely for them... We tend to get a bit crazy with our detailing when in reality there's no problem - it's good.
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I figure I’m going to play this guitar until it is naturally reliced to death anyway, so it doesn’t matter. Any resale value is screwed because of my mods (most of the original parts are long gone), and I’ve invested my soul in this one. This prticular mod is reversible, though. Any small finish blemishes should be fixable.
 
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