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Re: Clear enamel for tone holes and tenons

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-01 16:27

Thin suerglue will go off much faster than the thick stuff.

If you use it on tenon rings, degrease the rings thoroughly before applying a thin film of supergue, then leave it for a few minutes to go off before applying another thin layer, doing the same until you have built it up to the required thickness.

But even better still is to use superglue and blackwood dust (and more glue and wood dust building it up bit by bit) - this will build up very quickly and can be worked on straight away (ie. filed, sanded, trimmed or turned).

And it will be pretty much the same colour as the surrounding wood (provided the joints are already very dark - it will be much darker than unstained grenadlila) and won't look grey as some epoxy fillers can - and unlike epoxy you don't have to wait for a whole day to pass before it's fully hardened, you can work on this filler straight away.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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