[Christian Salisbury Christian Allen Luthiery]

I have had very little luck drop filling but I haven’t tried thinning the lacquer. Could it be worth dropping small amounts of lacquer thinner first to “loosen” the lacquer or will the thinned lacquer accomplish that?

[Christian Salisbury Christian Allen Luthiery]

Thanks Fellas for the suggestions, I really appreciate it.

The finish around the heel is already a bit compromised, but it’s also a custom color. So matching it would be quite the adventure. Though the client isn’t overly concerned with the finish, I know he wont be the guitars last owner.

Thankfully I have the LMI heat controller so I’ll take a look at the heater from Tempco. The fun thing here is that most of the tools yall mentioned are ones I have yet to try; and who doesn’t like trying new tools?

Good to know that this will for sure be taking a while to do. Impatience hasn’t helped me yet and I guess it wont start helping me anytime soon, haha.