Attempting to fix a lacquer chip on a Gibson Les Paul Custom

So, you get a new guitar and notice there’s a chip in the lacquer. But it’s not just any chip, as ones over the wood aren’t too hard to cover. This one is over the binding. And, on a guitar with an aged lacquer, that stark white binding underneath stands out like a sore thumb. What to do? Well, here’s how I attempted it.

This is not meant to be a tutorial- it’s simply a log of the process I used to get this one closer to “original” looking. I don’t do this on guitars I’ve had for a long time – those are going to look used over time and it will be “natural” wear. But I knew this new guitar had this issue going into it and figured I’d give it a shot to look as close to new again. I think it came out pretty good! Check out the video below for the process:

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