Thread: Very large void to be filled...

Sounds like a big job. Might be easier getting a new wife.

How about routing it out to a shape that can be replicated then fitting and glueing in a timber fill piece?

I chose the slab due to the void and wish to keep it, i just dont know how to proceed, unfortunately i can't upload pics(probably because i am only new).

You'll want a clear casting resin and you need to do it in 5-10 layers; if you try to do a single pour, it will overheat and fill with bubbles.

Solid Solutions 606 is really nice, but suuuuper expensive. I'm sure people will have other options.

Make sure you're sitting down when you look at prices, to fill a hole that big you're probably up for $200+

Consider also black tinted resin. Clear resin always looks plastic to me, while black looks like it belongs to the timber.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Hard to say without a pic but to my way of thinking filling a void that size is going to look like a large dollop of plastic. Perhaps experiment on an old board. Cut out a large odd shaped void and fill it to see what you get. No going back after you pour it into you'r nice slab.
Regards
John

What about pouring 10mm tinted epoxy. Then adding some items for their artistic value. For example sea shells or pebbles or ferns or coins or a dinosaur fossil or whatever suits your taste. Then covering it with layers of epoxy. Make it a 3D feature.
Or what about a smokey mirror?

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Little bit of an out there idea, but you could fill it with concrete - not the boring driveway kind, but something like GFRC ( used for kitchen counter tops )and find a colour tint you like, again lots available - including black. There are some amazing things you can do with concrete these days. Obviously it depends on the shape of the void and whether there are enough jagged bits to help the concrete 'bite' and not just fall out!

Probably a bit cheaper than $200 ( depending on what concrete you use ).

Anyway, just a crazy idea.

bed head 1.jpg
turns out i can upload the pics from a computer, i couldn't from a tablet
anyway, as you can see the hole is very detailed and i would prefer to keep it clear, maybe the back layer black so you look into it not through it if that makes sense

the pics are a little deceptive, that is to suit a queen size bed

FWIW, you don't have to fill it to full depth. That just makes it easier to polish both surfaces.

You could, for example. lay it on it's face and just do a 10mm pour. Getting the back face - which'd be recessed in 40mm - as close to a perfect finish as possible (removing air bubbles, etc) would be a right PITA and need to be very carefully done.

I'm betting that if you went this way and then cleaned up the front face your wife would probably reconsider. Clear filled voids rarely look good up against a wall... IMO anyway.

One other solution is to cut some thing contrasting and textured - rattan, wickerwork, textured cloth, wrinkled aluminium foil, whatever - and embed that a cm or two deep in the epoxy. (I'd recommend pre-soaking any 'woven' inlay in epoxy before embedding it to avoid air bubbles.)

Depending on how artistic you feel you could leave a 5-10mm clear border around the inlay... or include wrinkles, or...

The clear layer in front would highlight that it is still a natural void, while the inlaid material give you something to look at besides the wall behind the bed.

Best of all, it'd only take 15-20mm of epoxy, not the full fill. Much, much cheaper!

Welcome to the forum Mines Bigger.

To be quite blunt, using this section of timber is a choice that I would not make. I do not find it attractive. It looks like something chewed away the centre.

What are you looking for? If rustic, consider these for ideas ...










My 2c.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I guess thats because it has been chewed away, it is termite damage, i feel the solid slab bedheads are all very similar looking. This was totally unique, given the initial plan it would have been fine, the mrs has thrown a spanner in the works thats for sure