Recommendation for infilling holes

[RogerS]

I have this nice bit of Zebrano and would like to fill in the voids. I was wondering about clear epoxy but wasn't sure how well it would take a finish....exact finish still undecided. I'm after a high gloss finish.

Any suggestions?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Pete Maddex has been doing this to some burr oak. He used instant coffee in epoxy resin and it looks superb.
S

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Yep instant coffee and Wilco's epoxy. I tried araldite but the coffee made it go off very fast.

Mr1 did a coffee table with epoxy have a look here brown-oak-coffee-table-t57368.html

Pete

 

[RogerS]

Intriguing...I'll give that a go, Pete

 

[Steve Maskery]

IIRC the secret to staining epoxy is to mix the adhesive and pigment together thoroughly before adding the hardener.
S

 

[Racers]

Hi, Roger

The Wilcos epoxy is about half the price of Araldite and it sets ROCK hard.
I bought two packs and only used one, it goes a lot further than you think.

Get your scrapers sharpened!


Pete

 

[CHJ]

I use filter coffee grounds on turnings, usually with thin CA but occasionally with 30 min Zpoxy for the larger voids.

 

[twothumbs]

The wood turners do this a lot.........I believe. It is common practise for some using metal dust, possibly artists oil colours.

 

[wallace]

I use brass powder I get from my local key cutters, after cleaning it with a magnet I put in the hole/void and then fill with CA and then go through the grits. Aluminium powder looks good aswell.
Mark

 

[disco_monkey79]

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but is the Wilko stuff simply packaged as epoxy resin? I've never seen it in-store, but would be curious to give it a try.

Cheers

 

[Racers]

Hi, disco_monkey79

Its in the glue section, usually next to the Araldite, it looks the same, just different colours in the pack and tubes.

Pete