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Stainable Wood fillers/putty
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:22 pm
So i'm building this coffee table for my wife's aunt. My first attempt at a round table top, so im pretty proud of that feat. 
After building it EXACTLY like we discussed and even showing her examples of the table top, she would like to know if i can fill in the gaps between the boards. So because im a good nephew, i need ya'll to tell me my best method for doing so.
I've got a bucket of stainable wood putty, but it always comes a slightly different color than the rest of the piece.
Is there a better method? Plastic wood? Plane the whole thing down a 1/4 inch?
After building it EXACTLY like we discussed and even showing her examples of the table top, she would like to know if i can fill in the gaps between the boards. So because im a good nephew, i need ya'll to tell me my best method for doing so.
I've got a bucket of stainable wood putty, but it always comes a slightly different color than the rest of the piece.
Is there a better method? Plastic wood? Plane the whole thing down a 1/4 inch?
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Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:27 pm to SportTiger1
A paint contractor told me one time the best filler material he ever painted and stained over was window glazier compound.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:30 pm to olemc999
This is it.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:31 pm to olemc999
No putty will take stain like the wood will. Mix sawdust from the wood and glue and fill in the cracks. Once its dry sand it down and stain it.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:32 pm to SportTiger1
There is no stain that will hide the long straight lines of the gaps. If she wants to paint it that could be done fairly easily with several different putties but they will be prone to crack along the long crevices. So for paint I would use fiberglass resin to fill the cracks. and then sand smooth.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:32 pm to olemc999
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window glazier compound
Never would've guessed that.
I haven tried the saw dust and glue, but lord knows i have enough sawdust to build a new table top.
I'll have to practice on a scrap piece.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:34 pm to SportTiger1
sawdust and wood glue will come close to absorbing the stain at the same color but the lines will still be obvious.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:39 pm to Bleeding purple
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There is no stain that will hide the long straight lines of the gaps.
She definitely wants it stained, but thats what i was afraid of. Would it be feasible to take a planer to it to get below the 'ridges'?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:42 pm to SportTiger1
Sounds like she's picky, if so, there is no real way to hide those lines. Even planing the whole thing down won't work perfectly unless you jointed those edges. The only real option here is to make a new top. Or fill and paint it like mentioned above.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:44 pm to SportTiger1
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Would it be feasible to take a planer to it to get below the 'ridges'?
do those gaps not go all the way through?
FWIW planning it evenly and flat will be really difficult.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:45 pm to Bleeding purple
another option is to stain it and place a glass top on it.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:47 pm to Chuckd
We know the lines will show, how about filling with a solid color and then staining the wood? Something like this?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:48 pm to Chuckd
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Sounds like she's picky,
Yeah the part that pisses me off if, we discussed the 'lines' saturday and she was fine with that. I'm just going to tell her its not possible at my price point.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:56 pm to SportTiger1
contrasting color inserts tightly fit and similarly stained is also and option as Wick noted. just need a router and a straight edge to guide it then a table saw and contrasting wood for inserts.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:57 pm to wickowick
Sounds like she wants it to look like a solid slab like this table my sister wanted wick
BTW, that's a great looking table OP, I like seeing the individual planks.
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BTW, that's a great looking table OP, I like seeing the individual planks.
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Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:59 pm to SportTiger1
have you considered staining as-is and getting a piece of glass cut for the top? table looks awesome btw.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 5:28 pm to Chuckd
Damn that looks good. What did you use ?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 5:32 pm to djangochained
Thanks, it's been stained since that picture. I Just some pine 2x10s from Lowe's and I jointed the edges with a track saw, and glued them up.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 6:56 pm to Chuckd
So just track sawed the edges straight? How did you join?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 7:04 pm to Chuckd
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I Just some pine 2x10s from Lowe's and I jointed the edges with a track saw, and glued them up.
Dam, that's some excellent joins. Biscuit?
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