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I didn't fill the tiny gap between the side purfling and the side (lacewood) before finishing and now there is a visible line in many places where the nitro lacquer has sunken into the gap. Would drop filling be enough for this or should I sand the sides back down to bare wood, fill, and refinish?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Chuck

Chuck;
Do you mean a gap as in NOT glued?
Or a low spot in the finish?

Mike

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Mike Collins

Mike,
Just a low spot in the finish. The binding and side purfling are well glued. I'd say the the deepest spots are maybe .005" or a little deeper. I use the CA method for gluing the bindings and usually any places that don't get filled completely are filled with epoxy when I fill the pores on the sides and back. This is my first experience with lacewood and it didn't seem to need filling, so I didn't. I guess I'll either need to be more careful with the CA when gluing, or make sure to do a fill with epoxy on the sides. The top and back came out great with no such issues.

Thanks,
Chuck

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Scuff sand, fill with epoxy, scrape and sand off ALL excess epoxy, spray a couple more topcoats.

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Thanks for the replies, guys. I appreciate the help.

Chuck