This was a really interesting undertaking. Monty, a very persuasive & personable guy found me through desperation. He bought this Fender because he loved the fender-rep. hand-picked flame maple neck but it needed a refin. After getting a local poly job in black (I don't think he was even given color choices) he attached the neck & immediately discovered a good sized  bubble in the poly adjacent to the neck plate. He realized that something was wrong with the poly & asked if I would consider undertaking a re-do on it for him. Told me to consider it a study project, so to speak. (You got me with that, Monty!)
Of course I took the lure & he sent it to me from Oregon. I was going to sand down the blister to level it with the poly & then after sanding the poly some, re-shoot nitro over it, using the poly as the base. All went accordingly until I was almost done & all of a sudden this chunk of poly chipped from the edge of the neck pocket. Now I knew that I had no choice but to strip it.
Grrr..well, imagine my surprise when I found the original nitro finish underneath the poly. This is a no-no & that's what I believe compromised the poly finish job. I had a good -sized piece of poly that had all the old paint attached to the underside of the chip & I sent it to Monty. I explained that I thought an improper prep was the culprit & he took the piece to show the local guy just as a FYI. Incredibly the guy refunded the total cost which happened to be the same as what I had quoted Monty for my nitro work. As you can see, Monty was happy to be able to go with another color & he has told me he is extremely proud of his new baby. I loved to able to right the wrong & it drove home once again the importance of a perfect prep.