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8th September 2013, 06:49 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Crack filling in Nectarine...
A couple of years back, I git a load of useful advice on dealing with a nectarine log out of my sisters yard. (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f14/se...re-use-142441/)
The time has come to use the first bit of it - and in accordance with my original plan, I've cut off a small piece from the end of one slab that was crying out to be made into a cutting board for my sister this coming Christmas. I started sanding the top and bottom surfaces - but the wood is so hard it was only laughing at my orbital sander. I got a new belt sander that has taken the majority of the milling saw marks out of it, and it is starting to look really quite good .
There are a few little cracks here and there that will need filling so they don't become a food trap - examples shown in the attached photos. I was hoping to get some more good advice on the best product to use for this filling purpose. I've had suggestions ranging from Araldite, or some other epoxy, through to Aquadhere mixed with sawdust. Obviously it would need to be foodsafe. I was also hoping it would stand up to the rigours of a chopping board and not be too wildly different in texture to the natural wood. The wood is so hard it is almost glossy just with sanding - and I plan on a coat or two of mineral oil once the sanding is all done.
Thanks for your pearls of wisdom...
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8th September 2013, 08:38 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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One thing NOT to do is use super glue, either by itself or with anything else.
I ruined a couple of pieces using super glue as it spread, soaked in and stained,
not a good look.
Araldite also tends to stain in my experience.
BTW - Gorgeous looking timber.
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9th September 2013, 02:45 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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That's a stunning piece of wood!
Most modern adhesives are food-safe, once they have set up/dried/polymerized.
Do this on scrap first, if you have any:
Get a plastic drink straw and squirt some glue in one end, say, 1-2cm of straw length.
Pinch that end flat and wipe it off clean.
Put the flat, pinched end down into the crack, as far as you can go.
Fold over the other end of the drink straw and squeeze the glue into the crack.
Sort of like squeezing toothpast from the tube.
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9th September 2013, 08:52 PM #4Intermediate Member
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Thanks for the tips guys! I'll have a crack at it (no pun intended)
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