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Thread: what t0 do with a big knot
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15th June 2006, 09:10 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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what t0 do with a big knot
morn'n all ...
just looking for some heelpfull tips and suggestions on how others would treat a large fairly open knot in some oregon, normally i would just fill with timbermate, but i'm doing a lighter stain and i need it to look natural or atleast not bodgy looking as filler often does...maybe epoxyHurry, slowly
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15th June 2006, 09:25 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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i as just thinking can i use thick shellac as a filler somehow
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15th June 2006, 09:31 AM #3
oregon is quite brittle, remove it ? or epoxy ?
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15th June 2006, 09:33 AM #4
We probably need more information than you've given. I will assume that the knot is secure and not about to fall out but that it has some fissures or cracks. I would tint clear epoxy with graphite to make it black and fill the cracks with this.
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15th June 2006, 10:35 AM #5
I'm with DPB at this point ........... but, I was going to suggest 'untying' it.
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15th June 2006, 08:32 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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hey masoth, i tried "untying" it but the timber just does not want to come undone...bugger!
yeh the knot/s are the usuall split looking ones, there was one that was loose but a dabed some glue in it when i was clamping the top together, nice timber too , recycled, and 290mm wide...
the epoxy sounds like the way to go, the timbermate putty looks cheap, i saw a dining table made from resawn old teak railway sleepers from South Africa, it was stunning, and had lots of old and rather large bolt holes, but they were filed in, probably was epoxy too...Hurry, slowly
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15th June 2006, 10:24 PM #7
I'd cut it out..................If your careful enough you'd be suprised how well you can camoflage a good inlay
N just like magic no more knot or having to muck round with fillers epoxy or color matching
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15th June 2006, 10:48 PM #8.
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Originally Posted by la Huerta
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16th June 2006, 12:18 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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sounds fantastic Lignum, i'l bring the marshmellows !
seriously though i like that idea a lot, can the shellac be redesolved after burning it to make a dark shellac?
i was reading on the net somewhere that some guy burns his shellac while on the furniture to help with creating the aged lookHurry, slowly
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16th June 2006, 12:44 AM #10.
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Originally Posted by la Huerta
You can use blond shelac for the lighter timbers and orange for the darker timbers. You can by shellac sticks (not sure uf u-Beaut sell em) but its easy and fun to make your own, especially when you roll it up
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16th June 2006, 01:00 AM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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cool ! (or should i say that's hot)
i was just reading on the net and saw dark brown garnet shellac, "the woodworks" sell the flakes, have you or anyone used this and what colour is it really, i'm assuming oak or dark walnut brown colour...Hurry, slowly
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16th June 2006, 01:06 AM #12.
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Garnet goes to dark. The orange you can burn for 10sec and get a light golden brown or burn for 30 sec and get a darker brown or burn for 40 or more sec and it then goes dark brown. Its more versatile than the garnet
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16th June 2006, 01:46 AM #13
If you can get a forstner bit bigger than the knot and drill 10 mm deep and make a plug from the same board if possible , align the grain and you can bearly notice it,
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16th June 2006, 08:20 AM #14
Sometimes rather than disguising it, you can use a constasting timber plug or one of the those dovetail bows to replace the knot. Like I indicated it may not work for every piece.
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16th June 2006, 08:51 AM #15
Be pretty hard to match up oregon by pluging it, grain is to featured/varied.
Epoxy works...
They look a little dull... has 1st sealing coat of poly over it not sanded yet!....................................................................
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