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In an upcoming refinishing project, I will be needing to fill in a couple of "digs" on a beavertail fore-end. I will clean her up and try to raise as much as possible with an iron but it will most likely need some sort of filler. What products are best for this job and will they color to at least get close to a match? Where is the best place to find these fillers?
Thanks in Advance,
Steve
Last edited by Steve Lawson; 06/02/07 11:47 AM.
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I haven't found a filler that I like for that kind of job. Either raise the ding by steaming or use a matching piece of wood and cut a filler piece and glue it in.
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Steve, there are a few fillers but like Chuck said most don't work well. Although there is the burn in kind that you work in with a hot spoon or almost like a wood burning pen that you melt the filler right into the dent and melt it into the wood. Hardest thing would be to match your color .
David
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Tinted shellac sticks can work around some sorts of knots and discontinuities and look half-way decent. My view of scratches and dings is you raise them the best you can and refinish. I don't like sanding as things get smaller but not necessarily smoother or fairer.
jack
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Tinted shellac sticks can work around some sorts of knots and discontinuities and look half-way decent. My view of scratches and dings is you raise them the best you can and refinish. I don't like sanding as things get smaller but not necessarily smoother or fairer.
jack Well, I suppose I can do the best I can at raising and reducing then, re-oil and let the "character" of the wood show through.
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Clear epoxy can sometimes hide a nasty gouge in the wood. Fill it, sand and apply whatever you are using for finish over it. Color match isn't much of an issue, since the wood under will show through it a bit, but, it can be tinted, if you like.
Best,
Ted
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As Ted mentions, I have used the original acraglas with no floc to fill dents. If the dent has any depth at all, I fill in a few coats with just straight resin and hardner with nothing at all added.
If the dent does not have a jagged edge, you usually can't see it, even though you know where to look. I have a couple of repairs like that on personal guns and I can't find the repairs that I did myself.
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I have done what Ted has done with good results. Some of the ones I have done I can't even find where the dammits were. I have forgotten about them.
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