So after another quick read through Weirdy's thread regarding removing fret dots, out they came, without incident.
Unfortunately the factory holes a quite a bit deeper than my 1.3mm replacement Paua dots so I'm going to have to pack them out, or fill them, not sure yet...Ideas welcome.
Also de-fretted while I was at it. Got a fair bit of chip out in the ebony. It doesn't matter how careful you go, it just seems to be unavoidable.
I guess I'll get the new dots in, sand, then see how the chips look. May have to do some filling, idk, again ideas welcomed:-)