With the nasty stain removed from the previous finish, you can actually see that the original scarf joint in the neck runs across my repair, so there are now about 7 pieces of wood glued together in this area! This is the tung oil that I am using to refinish the repaired area. Basically the process is to rub it on with a lint free cloth; wipe any excess off after 20 mins then repeat 24 hours later. The first 2 coats are thinned down 50/50 with white spirit.
I reassembled the machine heads etc and glued the nut back in while I was waiting for the first coat to dry.
A couple of side and rear views of the repair. I'm quite pleased how it turned out really, considering I just used a scrap of hardwood I had lying around!
It's had about 5 coats here and is darkening up nicely. I don't think it will ever be "discreet", but that wasn't what I was aiming for.
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