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  1. 19th March 2016, 01:18 PM #1
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    Default Glue And Finish Greasy Sticky Softwood

    Last fall I bought a piece of spruce? with spectacular figure, reddish and cream growth rings, about 40 to the inch. I put it on the front porch. Today I noticed a crack, so stuck it on the lathe and roughed out a bowl. It is greasy, resiny, sticky. I put CA in the crack and wrapped it with tape around the rim.

    Will CA stick on this kind of timber? Any suggestions for what will stick? What can I use to finish it? I usually use Tung Oil, cut with solvent.

    Thanks for any comments.
    So much timber, so little time.

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    Hmm we dont seen much if any of this stuff. But we have Tallow wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_microcorys and here might be of some help
    http://www.timber.net.au/images/down..._the_floor.pdf
    and theres an old thread about glueing Tallowood.
    Gluing Tallow wood

    hope this helps Paul
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    Yes Thin CA helps as it penetrates to the bottom of the crack. Unfortunately though, usually another crack opens up nearby, the stresses don't go
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