Filling recessed straplock holes

H. I have a pretty heavy rosewood body which I am currently installing dunlop recessed strap locks on. only problem is, the guy who made it for me left a snapped drill bit in the horn area. so when I came to drill in it, to sink the lock it knocked me askew. I retrieved the drill bit, but its left a nasty hole in the body. What can I do ? I know you wont let me down.. thanks

epoxy in a dowel, redrill for the strap button. lost count of the number of times i've done that over the decades ....

cheers any epoxy in particular. what about wood. its a pretty dark rosewood ?

cheers any epoxy in particular. what about wood. its a pretty dark rosewood ?

i prefer any brand of slow set epoxy over the quickie 5 minute stuff. the strap button will hide the dowel.

I'm afraid the hole is off center and will be quite visible

I'm afraid the hole is off center and will be quite visible

not much ya can do, other than attempt to match the body color.

If you can warm "24 hour" epoxy to 50 Celsius then
a) it will go runny and flow into a hole
b) it will set in 30 minutes if you can keep the job warm, but take 24h to full strength (when it will be very strong indeed).

ca i use varnish or anything else to color epoxy residue

You /can/ dye epoxy. We do that for potting engineering objects to section them (slice in half for examination).


However you need to fire a wooden plug/dowel in and for that you should use ordinary wood glue (drill and plug). You can get a plug kit in various diameters consisting dowel, drill, stop-collar, and glue.