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- From: ell@linus.mitre.org (Edward L. Lafferty)
- Subject: Re: wood filler
- In-Reply-To: JROBERTS@UTDALLAS.BITNET's message of 22 Jan 93 19:42:59 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:53:24 GMT
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- In article <93Jan22.135418cst.15607@utdallas.edu> JROBERTS@UTDALLAS.BITNET (Jeff Roberts) writes:
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- From: JROBERTS@UTDALLAS.BITNET (Jeff Roberts)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Date: 22 Jan 93 19:42:59 GMT
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- On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:01:34 -0600 robert.j.lansing said:
- >I'm looking for a decent wood filler to repair some chips
- >in a piece of furniture (wood species - fir). In the
- >past I've tried various wood fillers - plastic wood,
- >Elmers wood filler, etc - they don't work very well..
- >Any recommendations?
- >
- >-Bob Lansing
- >mvrjl@mvgpf.att.com
-
- I just received a copy of Woodworkers Supply Finishing catalog (or something
- like that). The info it contains is about 80% finishes and the like. They
- have a colored-stick-wax thingy that you heat up and drip over the damaged
- area and let cool, you then heat up a special tool again and scrape off the
- excess. Lots of colors, I'd never seen this stuff before although it's
- probably been around for awhile. My mother-in-law has some Ethan Allen
- furniture that was damaged during a move and I've been wondering if this
- would be a good application....basic wood fillers just won't do..
- This "system" of wood repair has a proper name but I don't have the catalog
- with me..
-
- Jeff Roberts JROBERTS@UTDALL
-
- The stuff you are talking about is "stick shellac". Been around for
- years. It is used for patching work that is already finished (with
- varnish, poly, shellac, etc.) There are lots of colors to match the
- finish on the original. After sanding down (with 600 grit or finer)
- you still should polish with a Padlac to protect the patch. This does
- not act like Plastic Wood or any other raw wood patching compounds.
- Most of those don't take stain very well - ok for painting.
-
- --
- Regards,
- Ed Lafferty
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