I’m building a panel bed from walnut with pear inset panel. Should be interesting. I got the pear free and the walnut cheap. The pear is “high quality” and the walnut is “low quality”.
I want to fill some of the defects in the walnut. The logs were small and low quality. About 30 or 40 years old. The sawyer did a good job of maximizing the yield but… Great color but they have small knots and sometimes the pith will wander onto the surface. The walnut boards are already planed to 1 in.
Anyone have any advice on filling with epoxy? I’m saving sanding dust for “mixing”. Any one expert at filling voids?
I’ll probably finish with Watco.
JET of TN
Edited 6/8/2007 2:38 pm ET by JETofTN
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my solution is unorthodox but it works for me... I buy Bondo and a tube of black painter's oil paint.....kind you get at a craft store and Bob Ross uses...... get a glob of bondo and squirt some oil paint in it along with the hardner..mix it up and fill your holes and voids.. gotta be quick because it hardens within a minute or two... once dry sand it flush...
Edited 6/8/2007 4:36 pm ET by mvflaim
Or fill in with colored epoxy and faux finish when you're done to look like a knot. You can sand or cut these epoxies when partially or completely set.
http://www.mohawk-finishing.co.uk/images/EpoxySticks.pdf
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