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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on October 11, 2013 at 3:08am

saw dust and wood glue

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 11, 2013 at 5:37am

PVA and sawdust. You may have to thin the glue with water a bit first. Get it as smooth as you can before it dries. It can be really gritty and need a lot of sanding after it dries.

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Permalink Reply by Old Fingers Green on October 11, 2013 at 7:17am

Don't mind a lot of sanding, I had heard of pva and sawdust being used as general wood filler but I wasn't sure if it would be hard enough for this purpose as pva tends to dry a little bit soft I think. Cheers for the response, I might have a go with an offcut see what sort of results I can get.

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Permalink Reply by Yankee Dog on October 11, 2013 at 8:36am

Personally, I like the grain patterns in wood. 

Put if you are worried about it. just paint it with gloss latex paint. Just a coat or two will fill most everything. 

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Permalink Reply by Old Fingers Green on October 11, 2013 at 9:49am

I do love the grain of this wood but some of the grain is so open it would actually snag my fingers! I'll have a look at that paint but as I said I'd like to keep it as a wood finish as I do love the grain and the colour of the wood!

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Permalink Reply by Wade on October 11, 2013 at 2:52pm

I've used spackle with a little paint mixed in to match. Worked well. Spackle is cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Yankee Dog on October 11, 2013 at 3:50pm

Then just give a go with the sandpaper and maybe some polyurethane.  but if you use any sort of filler it will end up looking like poop.     

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Permalink Reply by Wade on October 12, 2013 at 2:08am

It works. I've tried it!
http://youtu.be/Zhk6rZ2UI1Y

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Permalink Reply by Old Fingers Green on October 12, 2013 at 3:59am

Perfect! I can't believe I never thought of that, I'm a plasterer, I use that stuff every day! Thanks for the video link, that was exactly the kind of thing I was after!

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 12, 2013 at 4:33am

That's awesome.  One of my favorite looks is a cherry red stain with black pore filler on an open grain wood...  Add some clear coat to it and it looks incredible.   I'm off to find a raw wood CB . . .

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Old Fingers Green on October 12, 2013 at 6:02am

Oh I like the sound of that! not sure how good cherry red would look on oak but it sounds worth a shot. Love those old wine red les-pauls, would be great to get something like that on this build.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on October 12, 2013 at 6:20am

I think I would use superglue. I don't know if you even need to use sawdust with it. I've done entire finishes with superglue, lol.

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