I noticed a hairline crack in a mitered joint of a table leg and need to fill it with some sort of wood putty. My intention is to stain the leg in the near future. Should I stain the leg first and then look for wood putty that matches or is there a putty or does anyone know of a woodputty on the market that takes stain reasonably well?
I also read an article that recommended making your own wood putty by mixing the saw dust from your final sanding with hide glue. Has any one tried this?
As always, Thanks.
Cheers,
Velo
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The simplest approach is to completely finish the piece and then to fill in the crack with a finish repair crayon. The crayons are usually easy to find, most stores that carry Minwax finishes also have their crayons.
John White
Crayons is the solution as you were told, but if you want to use sawdust in the future, and there is going to be water or alcohol based stain involved, after the staining is done take the sawdust and stain it with the water/alcohol based stain, then mix it with glue and repair with it. I have not used oil-based stain for the sawdust (and glue), but it may work. Incidentally, the glue that shows less when stained over is rice glue. It is easy to prepare for the weekend woodworker, not for the pro where time is money.
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