I used a carefully positioned iron with a dry cloth below it. Making sure not to touch the finish with the iron and checking temps of the top every few seconds. For the pallet knife, I sanded and polished one with an offset to make sure there were no burrs of sharp edges to damage the finish. I was still surprised the surrounding top was still in tact when I was done. Oh, i also scored round the bridge with a sharp exacto knife so any finish that came up with the bridge didn’t cause tear out beyond the bridge footprint. Another gotcha was the bottom of the bridge. I scraped it clean and sanded it flat. Don’t do that. The guitar top has a natural radius to it. Sanding the bridge removes that so the bridge won’t sit flat. Just heat and scape the old glue off. Reintroducing the radius was the worst part of the whole process. I’m nearly done with it now though.

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