I want to put fret side marker dots on my mandolin.
The custom instrument in question was delivered with bad overspraying that all-but hides the existing dots. As well as being on the other side of the world, the builder is not interested in helping (the list of other failings in the $4000-dollar instrument is long, but for obvious reasons, cannot be discussed here). I have spent parts of the last couple of years addressing various shortcomings. Now it's time for side dots.
For a while, a hole punch and masking tape did the job, but soon, the tape adhesive failed and the dots disappeared.
I really want to find a way to add durable, easy-to-see markers on the side of the neck. So far, the only supplier I have found is here. Does anyone have experience of this product? (The photos on the web page make the dots look rough-edged, but I think this is due to bad photography).
Because the neck is already varnished, I would have to put the new dots on top of that varnish. Without some kind of coating going on top, I suspect that the stick-on dots would eventually be worn off by my left hand the same way my masking tape dots were.
Can builders recommend a thin, clear-coat varnish that I could put over the new dots that would not look terrible, and the application of which would not confound a bloke working in his shed without much by way of tools?
The neck cannot be sanded down before the new dots are added. It is finished carbon fibre.
Thanks in advance.
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