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Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
By:Bill VerSteeg
Date: 1/3/2012, 3:11 pm
In Response To: Strip: nail or staple holes (jwuts)

: Thanks everyone on the advice of bending strips to meet the forms.
: I reduced the size to 3/8 and with the heat gun am doing pretty
: well. I decided to give up on the stapleless approach to make
: things a bit easier. So now I have lots of small nail holes
: which I would like to hide as much as possible. I know alot of
: things have been tried but not sure which works the best. My own
: samples so far seams to favor using water base wood putty. It
: will swell the wood alittle and I can match the color pretty
: good. Has anybody found a better way to mnimize the appearance
: of the holes. Thanks for any advice Joe

One tip - try to pull the staple straight out. If you wiggle it to loosen it up, the hole gets bigger.

bvs

Messages In This Thread

Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 12/29/2011, 5:11 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 12/29/2011, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Allan -- 12/29/2011, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 12/30/2011, 12:08 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:36 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 1/2/2012, 1:07 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2012, 9:35 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:24 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:27 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
John Messinger -- 12/30/2011, 6:56 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill VerSteeg -- 1/3/2012, 3:11 pm