Disguising a blemish

[edstraker123]

I picked up a lovely used Fender Elite strat over the weekend which was immaculate apart from one blemish which i didn't spot till I'd got home.( don't think it would have been a deal breaker.) Anyway it's a bit of a strange one as it seems to be beneath the clear coat which feels perfectly smooth :

 

Is there anything I could use to disguise it ? It's not a big enough deal to sand it out etc.

 

 

[BlueMoon]

Difficult to say based on the photo just how large it is. Annoying though!
 

I’d be tempted to Dremel the clear coat back to a small border of solid colour and then drop fill and level. 

[fretmeister]

If it's under the clear then I think you'd have to remove a little of that first, then get a close enough colour match with a sharpie or something and then do a superglue repair to fill the hole. Then polish it.

[franzbassist]

It looks to me like it's already been refinished, just without any colour matching?  If it's a decent enough repair I'd be inclined to leave it and chalk it up to "mojo".

 

[NancyJohnson]

The photo looks like the ding is an impact issue if some sort, but the discolouration is a bit odd.

 

Irrespective of how smooth it feels, try and determine whether the clear coat is cracked or chipped...there's a very small risk that any chip that may bep there might fall out eventually.  You could have a dig around and fill it with a suitably coloured nail varnish.  The beauty of nail varnish is it's self levelling, sets smooth and is shiny immediately.

 

Alternatively, you have a fantastic base for a relicing project.  Embrace the ding.  Add more.