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Recommendation for filling tearout in QSWO trunk lid?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Fellow Lumberjocks,

I have a bit of tearout right in the middle of a trunk lid I am building. The tearour is about 1/4" to 3/8" long. I was using a Kreg bit to countersink some screws into lid supports. The collar set to close not allowing enough flute clearout room for wood chips. Anyways, I am NOT redoing this %$$^ lid. I need some solid experience direction.

The lid is quartersawn white oak. I used Cabot natural stain on the bottom portion of the trunk and planned on using the same on top. Looking for a good putty to blend and stain.

I have used Timber Mate before with not so favorable results. The natural stain on other project did NOT take to Timber Mate and dark ebony stain on another project soaked in barley.

Thanks for any and all assistance.

Tom
 
#2 · (Edited by Moderator)
If you are going to fill and stain it, making it match
can be frustrating. You probably are not equipped
to run a test panel of stained fillers to find a good
match. I have jars of dry artists pigments and assorted
other things I have acquired over the years and
that is what I mean be being equipped.

I am not an expert. I hate this stuff and prefer not
to use stains at all.

You can get oil based fillers or crayons to put on
after the stain. These can work pretty well.

Another approach is to fill with a hard filler, colored
close to your target color if you can, then let it
dry, scratch in a pore pattern with a pick, and then
"dry brush" using model/craft acrylic paints.

What I really recommend is you scrape out the
tear-out as much as possible. If you don't have
a card scraper it can be done with razor blades
or shards of broken glass.
 
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