You mean making opening up the hole a bit? Well maybe it could be better, if i had extra tubes i would experiment a little more. Cheers
I was wondering the same thing when I saw the picture. In any case, that was an ingenious way to fill that worm hole.
I've found black CA to be a great filler for burl blanks, especially with darker woods or dyed blanks. The only issue I've found is that it's a fairly thick glue, so it's not great for filling tiny holes, tearout, etc. Even then, I can usually fill even small holes if I use the micro tips.
what about the surrounding area?does it respond to sanding nicely?does the glue leave a stain? thank you for sharing, cheers
i agree with you 100% i (stupidly) didn't think about using copper because i had these silver pieces i wanted to use and also i planned to use a brushed nickel kit i bought. The thing is the pen kit was messed up (they misplaced different components apparently in one bag if u can believe it) and so i had to use what i had. I hate mixing gold (or even copper) with silver;however it turned out not that bad, in my opinion there is an interesting contrast. The point of the kinstugi thinking is repairing and highlighting the fault, not making things uniform but distinct. Please @leehljp as the japanese liaison, enlighten us on this.
That's going to depend a lot on the blank itself and the nature of the flaw. Dense or stabilized woods won't see much staining, nor will "uniform" flaws. For example, natural voids, like bark inclusions or small knots where the knot itself is gone leaving just the hole, tend to fill nicely. Imperfections caused by tearout are more susceptible to staining/bleeding. And for softer woods, you can arrest the bleeding a little by filling the hole and quickly hitting it with some activator, although it's a good idea to fill a hole in stages in such cases so you don't have pockets of uncured glue that can then splatter when you turn past the cured glue.
I've used black CA a few times. Its ok on cracks, but on holes...somehow, it just never quite looks right.
Not sure I can enlighten anything on this. I liked what you did - specifically I like the randomness of the silver in the filling, which makes it very interesting and draws my eye to it. AS to Japanese, in general they like order in design and even their disorder or randomness has some order to it such as Bansai trees and leaves.
