[jwgn777]

Originally Posted by futuresoptions

Well, the two credit card shims worked great on the ESP, it is out of the way for now. Just need to do some light sanding and touch up to it tomorrow. For you guys that do repairs, what type of wood putty do you use for your repairs? The stuff I have does not take stain very well even though it says that it is stain-able. As you can see in my repairs of the Acoustic I was working on, it just didn't take the stain too well and I used an actual dark stain that I had. Still looks better than a big hole, but not by much. I will have to get another brand that will work better on natural finishes. All I need to do now is fill the area where the top had separated from the sides, sand and paint again.

I would have repaired that another way however being that you started try this. I don't know how compatible your materials are. Try mixing the stain in the putty than apply it.