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Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
By:Doug Smith
Date: 1/14/2008, 9:11 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: coloring wood filler? (mike b)

: Doug,

: I have to agree with Donovan. On the first boat I built, I used wood flour
: and epoxy to fill the voids, and it turned out just fine. On the second
: boat, I thought I'd be smarter than that and used colored wood fillers. I
: cringe when I look at that boat because it's very obvious that I used a
: wood filler, and it looks sloppy. By the third boat, I avoided the problem
: altogether by improving my workmanship. Good luck!

: Mike B

Hmm, I'll think about it. I never considered that wood filler wouldn't look as good. I'm fairly familiar with epoxy + wood flour and one thing I know is that it is time consuming to scrape and sand.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: coloring wood filler? *Pic*
Doug Smith -- 1/13/2008, 6:23 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
Allan Cole -- 1/17/2008, 11:52 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/15/2008, 8:11 am
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
John Monroe -- 1/15/2008, 4:24 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/15/2008, 2:24 am
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John Watson -- 1/14/2008, 6:46 am
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Donovan -- 1/13/2008, 8:38 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
Doug Smith -- 1/15/2008, 2:03 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
Mike Savage -- 1/15/2008, 5:56 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/15/2008, 4:46 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
mike b -- 1/14/2008, 8:25 pm
Re: Strip: coloring wood filler?
Doug Smith -- 1/14/2008, 9:11 pm