After waiting for the stain and lacquer to dry, I was able to take the next step in filling the holes.
The area on the Flame fills - the part that was 'squished' by the old tuning machines - is pretty large. So rather than just use lacquer to build up the height, I went straight to cyanoacylate - CA - or 'super' glue.
You can't use a thin CA for this - it will just wick into the finish. So I used a medium glue.
After this dries, I'll scrape the glue down level with the finish, sand and polish it and it should be done.
I used lacquer to fill the chip on the Ovation neck heel. It was looking good, but I'd be here for another month trying to build up the full height. So I went with CA on that as well.
Since there is no hole, just a chip, the finish will match perfectly - a rarity.
And here's a glimpse of the next project here in the Dungeon. It's an old guitar that was stripped of its hardware, which was sold off. (Not by me).
I wanted to see if the truss rod worked ok. So I cleaned up the threads and put some anti-seize compound on them and tried it.
It woiks! It lives! The mummy lives!
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