I have an Ibanez , probably with a polyurethane finish I think, it had the chip you see in the pic when I bought it 2nd hand. I figured, no biggie, I'll just get some wood filler, sand it , then paint in some black paint using black fingernail paint...What a collossal failure! Between not knowing how and when and how much sanding to do, every step I took seem to make things worse! Now I've sanded the paint back to the filler and and going to start over but a bigger problem, all this sanding has scratched and dulled the surrounding area, and I can't seem to get rid of it....I've been using 800 grit dry, then 1500 grit wet or dry, then tried using a guitar polish and microfiber cloth, and also a dremel with polishing pad and both their red polishing compound, then the white guitar polish, as you can see from the pics, the dullness ain't going away! Am I doomed to have this look this way (dulled surrounding sanded/polished area) , or is there a magic sequence of DETAILED steps to resurrect the original finishes high shine? My next thought was to tape around the chip and use black spray paint , but I dunno if that will work either, and there's still the dulled, sanded surrounding area to deal with. There is another chip , about the same size near the guitar strap bottom pin, and it's in about the same mess....
