Adhesive & Stock Filler for Laminate Stock Treated with Tung Oil and Mineral Spirits
While adding the 8th coat of pure tung oil to a deep brown custom laminate stock, well, I dropped it onto a concrete basement floor. Now there is a 1" wedge missing from the butt/stock area, although I have most of the neatly fitting chunk. My smith tells me being treated earlier with TO and spirits the stock will not accept adhesive or filler to hold the piece. His plan involves blades.
My plan would be to add 8 more coats of TO to everything - gouge and all - then look for a cure.
Is there an adhesive / filler combo to hold the wedge once the TO cures?
Adhesive & Stock Filler for Laminate Stock Treated with Tung Oil and Mineral ...
As a furniture maker and carpenter I would suggest glueing up the wedge first. The best wood adhesive is tight bond 3 it's sold at lowes and Home Depot. Green label. I'd glue it up and then use an epoxy filler then sand it and continue with your tung oil applications.
If you put tung oil on the surface before it will prevent any adhesive or filler from adhering to the surface correctly.
Glueing it will work if the mating surfaces are bare wood/ not oiled. That tight bond will make a joint so strong that it will break the surrounding wood before the joint splits. But the glue needs to be able to soak in some. Then get some brown or black epoxy and fill in the rest. If you take your time most people will never know it was there