mm

"mel"

21/12/2003 2:19 PM

epoxy vs. filler?

I'm in the final stages of finishing the high chair I've been working on
when I noticed I failed to cut off the snipe on a walnut strip glued to
maple leaving me with a little crescent shaped hole. It's on the backside
of the crest rail. I was thinking of filling the void with epoxy instead of
wood filler. Any reason why I shouldn't?

--
"If you are arrogant, who's going to care if you're the best?"


This topic has 2 replies

AD

Andy Dingley

in reply to "mel" on 21/12/2003 2:19 PM

21/12/2003 3:29 PM

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:19:14 GMT, "mel"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I was thinking of filling the void with epoxy instead of
>wood filler. Any reason why I shouldn't?

Not a reason why you _shouldn't_, but you'll want to mix some inert
filler in with that epoxy. Pure epoxy is brittle and hard to finish -
it gets a lot more amenable with either phenolic microballoons or fine
wood dust in it.

--
Smert' spamionam

GM

"George M. Kazaka"

in reply to "mel" on 21/12/2003 2:19 PM

21/12/2003 9:48 AM

Why don't your sand it, you can blend the sanding so it does not show,
unless it is on a perfectly flas piece and even then you can blend it a
little.
You can also wet it and lettle it swell somewhat before sanding

Without actually seeing it it is hard to make an accurate determination.


"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm in the final stages of finishing the high chair I've been working on
> when I noticed I failed to cut off the snipe on a walnut strip glued to
> maple leaving me with a little crescent shaped hole. It's on the backside
> of the crest rail. I was thinking of filling the void with epoxy instead
of
> wood filler. Any reason why I shouldn't?
>
> --
> "If you are arrogant, who's going to care if you're the best?"
>
>


You’ve reached the end of replies