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Brena-450
14th December 2018, 09:28 AM
Decided to make a rolling pin for a Christmas gift and a learning project I ran into some issues firstly the handles are not the same shape which I’m not too fazed about but my big problem was I turned a piece that was an old bearer from a farm shed and it had surface cracks when I got it down to size and a big gap full of old dry sap. I wanted to try some colour in my piece anyway so I got some sand from Bunnings and coloured it with blue food dye and mixed it with a clear wood filler adhesive then sanded to 2000 grit and added some of ubeauts shellawax. I think it turned out pretty good let me know what you guys think.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181213/ece9289e5ef029b156438a03a251ecdd.jpg
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Skew ChiDAMN!!
14th December 2018, 10:03 AM
It came out looking pretty good, nice job!

Could you be more specific about which "clear wood-filler" you used and let us know how the fill goes after a bit of use?

Normally I would use a 2-part epoxy resin - often just Araldite - as the base. Usually mixed with coffee grinds, as I like to keep the resin lines looking natural and that makes for a good simulation. ;)

Brena-450
14th December 2018, 10:05 AM
Thanks here’s the stuff I used. I was going to use resin but wasn’t sure if the shellawax would stick to resin and I wasn’t sure how food safe it was.
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Skew ChiDAMN!!
14th December 2018, 10:48 AM
Thank you.

Just FYI, Shellawax goes over resin in-fills quite nicely and it is food-safe.

While I can't say I recommend your materials, I can't say that I recommend NOT using them. 'Cos in all honesty I've never tried them myself and don't know anyone else who has.

Most woodturners have an 'accepted' materials list and don't go beyond that. Usually just epoxy resins and CA glue, with a few different materials used for texture/colouring. (Dyes, brass, stone chips, sawdust, etc.)

The idea of using sand is novel, although I'd imagine that'd be rough on your tools... still, it'd be no worse than some stone-chips I've seen used.

I'm unsure on the 3-in-1 filler though, I suspect it won't be very durable but I don't know.

I like the appearance of the final result, here's to hoping it proves me wrong! (It very well might... :) )

Brena-450
14th December 2018, 11:41 AM
Awesome tips someone told me wax wouldn’t stick to epoxy but I will use that next time as this stuff was a bit hard to work with it’s very rubbery once mixed with the sand. I got this to finished stage before applying the sand so I didn’t ruin my tools I only used sand paper on it. I got the sand idea from this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8OWrsLAGQW4 apparently he uses synthetic sand which is okay on the tools but I didn’t have time to order the sand or glue he used as it is for a gift this weekend. Know of any decent cheap lathes? I’m on a tight budget and this job has pretty well ruined the bearings on my crappy gmc lathe.


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