Thread: How to deal with hairline cracks in some Rock Maple panels - help please

Hi all,

it's been quite some time since I've posted and happily, I'm back in the my beloved woodworking shed after producing 2 great little kids (I'm sure there's a better way to phrase that...). In fact, my wife just gave me a list of "to do's" - almost all the items were woodworking related! Joys!!

Anyway - that's a bit off-topic.

One item on her list was to build and finish (two separate things...) the cupboard doors (frame and panel) for my 3yr old boy's built-ins. They are New Guinea Rosewood frames with book-matched Canadian Rock Maple floating panels. I've made and sanded the panels and have seen some hairline splits appear in the maple which I don't want to show in the finished product. My intention is to oil them with Danish Oil and so the question is - how to repair these fine cracks without compromising the oil finish? Should I use sanding sealer, Titebond etc?? I'm a tad flummoxed at this point!

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many regards,
David (Sydney, Australia)