I offered to "repair" my friend's acoustic guitar that has 2 holes in the back where he "dropped" it. One large hole and a deep round-ish dent. I cleaned up the holes making them something I could trace. I used mahogany to patch them but soon realized it's really hard to match the color. My friend had put duct tape over the holes, so he has a very low expectation of the repair. That's good, so no matter what I do it'll still be better than tape.
I filled all the voids between my patches and the back laminate. I sanded off the poly on the entire back and now patches are flush with the body. So my desired solution is to cover the entire back with a veneer. I've never worked with veneers and don't have a vacuum press but I found this: https://youtu.be/TxUKc4JWBaI
I'd like some suggestions about how to apply the veneer using the method shown in the video And then, how to recover/show the white center strip and binding?
I appreciate any suggestions.
Chris