Thread: Black Putty

Have you though about using CA glue and sandpaper. You will be surprised with the results. Thats all I seem to use, infact I don't even own any putty now. I just use CA.

CA, assume you mean cyanoacrylate or superglue.
Yeah, have used it. Not so much with sanding dust. I use it to glue inplace small patches... not that my project needs patches.

Problem with this job is I needed black and had no really black wood to get dust from. Ebony and CA sounds great... but I ain't got no ebony.

Timbermate is a good product ,water base many colours,available at most harware stores
Regards
david

My first adventure into using epoxy's is working well.

You might be horrified about how much I am putting into this project (cause I am) I would not have used this piece of wood if I had another. the slab was badly cracked.

Originally Posted by BozInOz

Problem with this job is I needed black and had no really black wood to get dust from. Ebony and CA sounds great... but I ain't got no ebony.

You should try it it, because after you squirt in the CA, you use 120 grit sand paper and rub before the glue has set. By sanding while it is wet, you take dust from the sanding and force the dust into the gaps you want to fill. This will case the filled bits to be the same color as the surrounding timber.

It should save you lots of time compared to injecting it with epoxy.

Epoxy worked well. A little bit of colour bleed into the wood.

Next finishing questions...
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...621#post795621

Originally Posted by BozInOz

Prooftint
A unique fast drying spirit based stain which allows the full clarity of the timber grain to show through after staining. Feast Watson Prooftint is suitable for use on all interior timber, including floors and furniture.
http://www.feastwatson.com.au/WoodstainsProoftint.asp

Why is water based preferred? Is an issue with the epoxy or with the oil finish?

Spirit based... whoops I thought it was a water based product!


So what did you end up using, the prooftint?

Duban black shoe polish...
worked.

I'm not sure how you'd prevent the slight discolouration of the wood around the patches.

Fiberglass suppliers sell resins and tints . See them about tints for epoxy .

On another project, I took advice recommended, and used some CA glue (namely lock-tite super glue) and saw dust. On a silver ash project so quite light coloured.

When I went to sand the area, the colour changed to a dark red brown, making my invisible hole... very visble.

I thought it was picking up colour from the sand paper on ROS. Chatting at the wood club and another chap had the same problem.

Any thoughts?

I did some with PVA and sanding dust, works alright but messy.