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   DonC | Jun 17, 2005 01:19am | #1

   Just do what you have been doing. It's fine and excellent. Brewing your own sanding dust with future finish and/or glue MIGHT be a little better but not worth the trouble. Famo,Durite,and plastic wood pays guys/(prolly chemicial engineers) to make it convienient for us. Just enjoy! Remember, time is money. If you have the time, be a woodfiller brewmaster.

   Don

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   mike4244 | Jun 18, 2005 02:47am | #2

   Rockhard Water Putty, dries to a natural finish. Looks like a fine wood powder, very close to a natural pine look, may work well for poplar. I have not used poplar with a natural finish, usually painted ,sometimes stained. If famo filler is not a good match, try the water putty.

   mike

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   jazzdogg | Jun 18, 2005 04:15am | #3

   Enduro water-based pore filler is the best I have used; abundant open-time & very easy to use.

   -Jazzdogg-

   Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.

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   WillGeorge | Jun 18, 2005 10:23pm | #4

   Poplar.. wash coat of Shellac and fine sand while still wet.. Make a slurry.. Leave the mess there... Let dry.. Sand and maybe again and again..

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   nikkiwood | Jun 19, 2005 07:15pm | #5

   I have just about abandoned any kind of sandable filler, and instead am using Color Putty.

   I have used lots of different brands (of sandable fillers), but over time, they all seem to break loose (from the edges of the nail hole) and pop out -- slightly, but still visible.

   I am wondering if the rest of you have had this problem?

   With the Color Putty, you generally end up with a tiny dimple, but at least it doesn't blow out.

   I just finished a set of built in bookcases (painted), and I tried using an epoxy putty (Abatron). This stuff does a good job of moving at the same rate as wood (in exterior applications), so I reasoned that it would work better than a regular filler for these bookcases. But using it is more of a PIA.

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