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Well, it happens. You have a lovely finish on your guitar and then you drop it, chip it, scratch it, or whatever. In my case I got a bit overly energetic while polishing it and this happened: It probably didn’t help that the lacquer hadn’t completely cured so was still a little bit soft. I’m sure there’s a term for this, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it is. The long and sort of it is that I friction burned it, causing the lacquer to melt and shift. First things first, I decide to scrape off the raised lacquer with one of my favourite new tools, the razor blade: This leaves us with the following: Next, I carefully sand away any remaining effects left by the original melting using 400 grit paper wrapped around a wine bottle cork: This leaves us with this (you know that expression about things getting worse before they get better?) Next, we go over it with 600 grit paper, again wrapped around a cork (800 grit would be better if you can get your hands on some): Leaving us wi...