Greasings and Saturations!
I recently damaged a customers Ibanez bass; now I have to glue a large piece back on, and have to restain several small areas that the router bit chipped.
Luckily (I think), the bass is an oil finished instrument, and the damage is in the control pocket area which positions the damage mostly on the bottom bout and less visible part of the bass. I can mix a stain very close to the original finish.
Here is my question: Would I and my customer be better off to glue up the break and chipped areas & stain and oil only those areas?
Or better to sand down to bare wood the entire damaged area, restain it all, then oil it, and possibly re-oil the entire bass?
I have stained and oiled wood, but I have never had to treat a repair site like this.
Any and all insight will be greatly appreciated. Many thanx - Byron
