Interesting. It was a finger hole (had grips). The thumb hole was OK, with no pits. The small shallow "engraved name" that was drilled out overtop of the pin (shown in picture too), turned out clear, no issues.
I tried using a "cube" of plug, but they were a little too big to fit into the finger holes. I assumed the volume of the finger hole was small enough that it didn't heat up as much...
Thinking back, I did plug the thumb first, then the fingers... day after the fingers, I cut both down.. maybe I needed an extra day to make sure everything cured properly...