First of all, I am as inexperienced with the art of veneering as I am excited to do it. To make things exceptionally difficult, I typically veneer over concave, beveled guitar bodies and my favorite veneer choices are crotch/burl ultra thin veneers (I think around 1/42 " ?)
I have an issue and I'm looking to fix it as best I can without having to start over from square one. I have veneered onto the guitar and didn't sand prior to dying (with Transtint Dyes) and coating with lacquer (about 3-4 coats starting with a light mist first coat and then getting heavier). The main reason was that the veneer was paper thin and I didn't want to sand through it, otherwise I would have tried to get some grain pop with a black dye, etc.
Now, after a few coats of lacquer, I notice that the guitar looks very very very very dark and it's incredibly difficult to see the finish and dyes for what they once were (I loved how it looked before the lacquer and also during the lacquering process and now it's slightly unrecognizable with how dark it is).
I know that wet lacquer (or simply lacquer applied) will cause things to look darker, but I think a big component here is also the MASSIVE orange peel effect I have on the finish? (please don't yell at me, I know it's my fault)
I was wondering if it is possible to wet sand the lacquer to try to get it looking a little nicer or even it out? Or if anyone has any experience with this type of veneer issue and how to go about fixing it.
Thanks in advance! Let me know where to go from here!