Un-orthodoxed way of gap filling

**Just George** · 16th July 2005, 07:40 PM

I was recently routing a rebate inside a panel when the bearing came off the cheap router bit I was using. I was very upset with what had happened and went upstairs to cool off rather than getting mad and breaking the workpiece with a mallet. I ended up going back down a few hours later after cooling off and after I'd thought of how to fix it. I had some car body filler and mixed part one with some yellow paint and then the hardener, when combined the mix was a yellowish colour which was very close to pine. I now had to work quickly as the hardener was mixed. The colour match was very good and the strength need to be good as it was an egde. I recommend this technique especially if you need to use it in an area that isn't too obvious. It won't however take stains rather be better suited to a lacquer finish.

Woody

**Richardwoodhead** · 17th July 2005, 12:53 AM

Good experiment Woody. I've heard that car bog / filler is used by the local furniture makers to fill in large defects on the underside of slabs (large gum holes, splits etc.). Then they use clear or colored epoxy on top. A jarrah table I made recently had some very big "cavities" on the underside - from wood rot that I had dug out (the top side was clean). So I mixed up a big batch of car bog, added some red & black brickies oxide (to get very close to Jarrah colour), and it worked a treat. This stuff sets rock hard in about 20 minutes, can be sanded smooth, and takes a lacquer finish. It seems very similar to Selleys "Plastibond" - if anybody's ever used that. But a heck of a lot cheaper.(Plastibond is great for doing small fill / gap repair jobs. Can be color tinted with oxides and lacquers well).

Richard

**Skew ChiDAMN!!** · 17th July 2005, 01:43 AM

One day when turning a bowl out of a largish burl a large dead-knot went flying acroos the room and out the door. No amount of searching found it and the burl was "unsound" as was... so I resorted to some auto bog & black printer's ink I had lying around. 1/2 an hour later I was back on the lathe and the end result was quite satisfactory. It won me a prize, even!

A rocking chair I made out of River Redgum had some nasty resin lines in otherwise beautifully figured grain, so out came the bog & black ink again, to make the resin lines into a feature. The new owner was very happy with it.

It also makes for nice accent strips in turnings and furniture, using different colours, adding particulate matter like kitty litter, corian flakes, etc. that sand down nicely, even bits of gold/silver flake! Who needs to be able to inlay?

BTW, I've found Builders Bog to be cheaper and easier to use, although it won't stain as dark as auto bog, too much white, chalky "fill" in it.

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