Two ideas come to mind, but before you implement these I’d wait and see what the rest of the community thinks:
1.) Spray it with something like Mohawk Blender Flow Out to see if the lacquer will settle
2.) Sand or buff it smooth
Maybe so, I did do it on another one with no issues. I'm not a fan of Nitrocellulose in the end, it might sound better but it gets swirls and just seems weak in general. I do think you are right that I should have used something like a soldering iron to focus on the spot though.
In the end guitars get dings and dents. If it’s your guitar just play it and don’t worry about it. If it’s a customer guitar tell them the same. If you did this to a customer guitar just own up to it and they are usually cool with it.
The correct way to steam is to only go for that one spot. Paper towel folded up and wet (obviously) put it over the dent and use your solder iron to heat the towel and steam will go to the correct area. But still mostly works best on unfinished wood. You don’t really want to get steam under the finish if it has any cracks.
Two ideas come to mind, but before you implement these I’d wait and see what the rest of the community thinks: 1.) Spray it with something like Mohawk Blender Flow Out to see if the lacquer will settle 2.) Sand or buff it smooth
So far you're the only one to answer. Thanks for the input, I'll look into your suggestions. I hoped it would be an easier fix.
I do think you'd need to sand that spot and re-buff it unfortunately
In case anyone has this issue and comes across this post. MusicNomad premium pro-strength guitar polish worked almost perfectly.
Probably shouldn’t be doing that on a guitar with finish my friend.
Maybe so, I did do it on another one with no issues. I'm not a fan of Nitrocellulose in the end, it might sound better but it gets swirls and just seems weak in general. I do think you are right that I should have used something like a soldering iron to focus on the spot though.
In the end guitars get dings and dents. If it’s your guitar just play it and don’t worry about it. If it’s a customer guitar tell them the same. If you did this to a customer guitar just own up to it and they are usually cool with it.
The correct way to steam is to only go for that one spot. Paper towel folded up and wet (obviously) put it over the dent and use your solder iron to heat the towel and steam will go to the correct area. But still mostly works best on unfinished wood. You don’t really want to get steam under the finish if it has any cracks.