Thread: Patching with CA glue

How big are the holes?
Twopack epoxy may be better , depending on hole size.

Dribble a little CA... Dribble a little coffee... Dribble a little CA... Dribble a little sawdust/shavings... Repeat. Leave rough til thoroughly cured. then sand. The depressions left by roughness will look like an inclusion.
Like Artme says... depends on the size of the hole.

Yep, what they said. If you can stick your thumb in you maybe outa luck.

Could try some bark, carefully shaped to fit then CA and coffee grinds.
I have some success with this, but it depends on how you fit the bark etc. Go as natural a look as you can get.

all the best

Kiaora Keoni ,
how would gluing tightly fitting twigs into the holes go ?
When tidied up they may look like knots ,
designer knots
na Jock

We have a saying in Oz: 'mutton dressed up as lamb'.

Sometimes leaving it as mutton will in the end look best, ie. go rustic.

But if they're small holes ... good advice above.

Post a pic.

Added: with too many holes in my deep hollowing practice piece, and fair-sized ones at that which have structural rather than aesthetic implications, I'm having good results with 5 minute Araldite mixed 1:1 with ground coffee. Have yet to hollow out and see how well it holds though

Originally Posted by rsser

We have a saying in Oz: 'mutton dressed up as lamb'.

Sometimes leaving it as mutton will in the end look best, ie. go rustic.

But if they're small holes ... good advice above.

Post a pic.

Added: with too many holes in my deep hollowing practice piece, and fair-sized ones at that which have structural rather than aesthetic implications, I'm having good results with 5 minute Araldite mixed 1:1 with ground coffee. Have yet to hollow out and see how well it holds though

I've been told that 5 minute epoxy is less robust than the slow setting one, but can't see why it should fail, given that it is certainly stronger than the wood. The only problem I can think of could be that if it is a fairly large filled area in a very thin wall of soft wood the difference in resistance to the tool could tend to push the plug out of the wood. Does it make sense? Just hypothetically, I have no experience of it.
So far, never had any problem with any size fill of epoxy/coffee.

Yes, the std 'overnight' epoxy is stronger.

Yes, the std 'overnight' epoxy is stronger.

and for those who have plenty of Patience theres a Araldite epoxy that will take 3-4 days to set properly. This one used to be rated OK for aviation airframes........flying bowls.....

Erk ... I may regret not knowing that ;-}