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Re: Fill the holes!
By:Grant
Date: 5/16/2003, 3:44 pm
In Response To: Fill the holes! (Robert N Pruden)

Dan and Robert:

Thanks for clarifying the issue.

My deck has a series of different veneers and I had purchased some furniture crayons with the idea of filling the holes with the appropriate crayon prior to epoxying. The crayons are not as handy as I had hoped.

So now I am running a couple of tests blending epoxy with varying amounts of cabosil, wood dust and filleting blend. I have drilled holes in a scrap piece of wood upon which I have glued scraps of the veneer. Then with a syringe I am inserting a couple of drops into each of the holes. Before hardening I will scrape off and then glass over. Hopfully I will come up with a epoxy/filler combination that works.

My backup plan had been to just glass over without filling but I think I will toss out that option.

BTW I am building a Cirrus.

grant

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Filling Stitch Holes
Grant -- 5/16/2003, 2:49 pm
Re: S&G: Filling Stitch Holes
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/16/2003, 10:46 pm
Re: S&G: Filling Stitch Holes - Don't Bother
Mike Hanks -- 5/16/2003, 6:03 pm
Re: S&G: Filling Stitch Holes
LeeG -- 5/16/2003, 5:18 pm
I agree with Robert...
srchr/gerald -- 5/16/2003, 4:38 pm
Fill the holes!
Robert N Pruden -- 5/16/2003, 3:22 pm
Re: Fill the holes!
Grant -- 5/16/2003, 3:44 pm
Wax and epoxy
Dan Ruff -- 5/16/2003, 5:02 pm
Re: Wax and epoxy
Grant -- 5/16/2003, 7:30 pm
Re: Mask and Fill
Dave Houser -- 5/16/2003, 4:53 pm
Re: S&G: Filling Stitch Holes
Dan G -- 5/16/2003, 3:21 pm