While routing, I managed to create a small tear out (and an accompanying rather sizeable splinter that remained attached) in a piece of hard maple.
I wasn’t able to recover the tear out, so the next step was to stabilize the split and pull it back into place. I (wrongly) tried CA glue and my 10 finger clamp to get the split back into place. No dice, the CA wouldn’t hold the splinter in place – it likely is simply too big and “springy.”
Can I use a white/yellow glue in the crack now? Will the white/yellow glue bond either to or through the CA?
If not, suggestions?
All comments welcome. Thanks in advance.
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Time to break out the epoxy.
If the crack is really not going to close, you could try mixing CA glue with maple sawdust to create a filler and just fill the hole. The glue may darken the sawdust. Sometimes you can find a section of board that's lighter than the rest and you can make sawdust from that by whatever means to match the darker wood. Could be hard with maple, since it's generally pretty light, though.
For many decades I wasn't aware of a product that goes hand in hand with CA glue called activator. After applying the CA glue and squeezing things more or less together, just spritz a little activator and then hold firm for 10 seconds (20 seconds if you want gross overkill). The CA glue then is set.
I was annoyed this had never been mentioned. For literally decades I had heard of CA glue being this miracle glue but I found it to be a pain in the rear to use and it took too long to set. The activator changed that for me. Give it a try and the CA glue may indeed solve the problem.
Thank you all!
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