Sunday, January 21, 2018

7mm-08 Project #7

Filling a Flaw
My stock had a slight flaw in it that needed to be repaired. This was a void in the wood and needed to be filled.  
 First I used a pick to remove any of the soft wood in the flaw to prepare it for filling.
 Because this flaw was located where the checkering would be I decided to fill it with epoxy. Epoxy is very hard when cured and would checker well. Here I am applying the epoxy with a toothpick working it into the void the best that I could. 
 The completed patch curing. 
 After sanding it down I noticed a few small voids in the epoxy where there were some tiny air bubbles. 
 To fill the voids I used some polyurethane, this was applied by toothpick. 
Once everything is cured and sanded the void is now filled. 

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