Fiestared

Thanks ! I made the effort and borrowed a drill press. Filled lighlty with wood paste. Now i have made a first layer of black. Looks ok but will have to even out brush strokes so probably have to paint 2 or 3 coats of colour. How long should i wait between sanding? And recommended sandpaper grits between coats? And when I am "satisfied" could i use fine paper on the whole area / surrounding original paint to smoothen it out? What grit do you recommend and as you said maybe some scratch remover? Is that applied before or after wet sanding? I noticed they sell scratch remover with color, is it better to use without color since the scratches are in the clear coat? Many questions.. thanks again for the help!

Ok! Thanks! Would you recommend that i mask the area around the plug with tape when i paint and sand or not? Without it seems easier to make it smoother with the surrounding but harder to sand withour touching the original finish around the plug...

Thank you again for your answer! Two questions, what could i use for filler? I have some wood paste, would that work and how should i apply? Next question, maybe not professional but I have read that one can use toothpaste for polishing afrer wetsanding, like a scratch remover. Yes or no?

Thank you so much for your answer. It might be having a hard time lower the plugs but I can try. Maybe black nail varnish is a good idea as you described. If I colour it black, when you say sand level, what grit would you recommend, and is it possible to wet sand with 2000 or so over thd edges, so touching to old finish aswell or will that make scratches?

I removed the wraparound bridge on my old ibanez and drilled holes for a tune o matic. Now i have some bare wood from the plugs and som finish chips. I know hiding this might be impossible for someone like me, i am a player not luthier but would of course like to do it as best as possible. I have some black spray paint. Any tips?