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Grain Filler Question - Woodchukker - 12-03-2018
I bought a can of Behlen Pore--O-Pac oil based grain filler from a store about an hour away from me. I got it home and opened it to find a thin layer of oil on top and a rock hard solid below. To give you a sense, a normal paint stirrer would break quickly if you tried to stir it. I used a long screw driver to try to stir it up. After 5 min it was still mostly solid. Is this what Pore-O-Pac does if it sits for a long time?
My question is what is the consistency of Pore-O-Pac supposed to be? I was expecting a paste.
Thanks
RE: Grain Filler Question - Stwood_ - 12-04-2018
It should be a paste, yes. Thin enough to trowel it on, scrub it across the grain with a course rag, and wipe/scrap the excess off with a wide putty knife.
It will mix back up, just takes some time. Make a mixer from a wire coat hangar or welding rod chucked in a drill motor. (Small bend on the end).
RE: Grain Filler Question - jcousins2 - 12-04-2018
the consistency is usually like a bit thick pancake batter
jerry
RE: Grain Filler Question - Woodchukker - 12-04-2018
(12-04-2018, 07:40 PM)jcousins2 Wrote: the consistency is usually like a bit thick pancake batter
jerry
Thanks for the responses. Tonight I worked on the can of filler for about 45 min. I used a screw driver to losen it up and then a paint stirrer on a drill and then back to the screw driver then back to the paint stirrer on a drill. I figure that it will take another 10 min of this before it is usable.
That can must have been on the shelf for 5 years or more.
Thanks again
RE: Grain Filler Question - MichaelS - 12-05-2018
I’ve used the following a few times recently and found it easy to work with and not too noxious as far as smell/fumes go.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LEFWGWA/ref=sxts_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544022559&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65#immersive-view_1544022570223
That link probably wont embed correcty from my mobile device, I will fix at my desktop in a bit.