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I've always used Famowood in the little 6 oz cans. I liked it because it dried quickly, didn't shrink, and was easy to sand. What I didn't like was how it hardened in the can as the acetone evaporated. Aceton content may be why its a rarity and now its $12 for six oz. What's a good substitute? I don't like the grease pencils and not really fond of the oil-based putties. I've got a few nail 'shiners' I need to fix and some gaps between joints I want to erase. I want to be able to stain with water-base.
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Check out Timbermate. I converted from Famowood for the same reasons.
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(11-08-2024, 04:02 PM)joe1086 Wrote: Check out Timbermate. I converted from Famowood for the same reasons.
2nd on the Timbermate, it dries out as well but add a little water to the container , back in business
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+3 on Timbermate.
Best I’ve used in 35+years for small fills. For really large voids / repairs , Water Putty is still my go to.
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(11-09-2024, 10:06 AM)Cabinet Monkey Wrote: +3 on Timbermate.
Best I’ve used in 35+years for small fills. For really large voids / repairs , Water Putty is still my go to.
Timbermate looks like a great product. Before I spend $18 a jar I'm going to experiment a bit. I have quite a few of the Transfast aniline dyes I could mix up a tiny bit and see if I can tint some of the Elmer's or Dap paint and patch stuff. For nail holes on dark or dark-stained wood, I usually mix up some of the sawdust with hide glue. The "shiners" I've got are on the insides of maple drawers but I hate pulling the nails and doing a half-fast repair. I'm one of those guys who only see my mistakes when others praise the work.
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(11-09-2024, 01:32 PM)Kizar_Sozay Wrote: Timbermate looks like a great product. Before I spend $18 a jar I'm going to experiment a bit. I have quite a few of the Transfast aniline dyes I could mix up a tiny bit and see if I can tint some of the Elmer's or Dap paint and patch stuff. For nail holes on dark or dark-stained wood, I usually mix up some of the sawdust with hide glue. The "shiners" I've got are on the insides of maple drawers but I hate pulling the nails and doing a half-fast repair. I'm one of those guys who only see my mistakes when others praise the work.
Another enthusiastic vote for Timbermate. Comes in all sorts of colors and they have 8oz containers that are around $10, if you just want more of a trial size.
If you are going down a river at 2 mph and your canoe loses a wheel, how much pancake mix would you need to shingle your roof?
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(11-09-2024, 01:32 PM)Kizar_Sozay Wrote: Timbermate looks like a great product. Before I spend $18 a jar I'm going to experiment a bit. I have quite a few of the Transfast aniline dyes I could mix up a tiny bit and see if I can tint some of the Elmer's or Dap paint and patch stuff. For nail holes on dark or dark-stained wood, I usually mix up some of the sawdust with hide glue. The "shiners" I've got are on the insides of maple drawers but I hate pulling the nails and doing a half-fast repair. I'm one of those guys who only see my mistakes when others praise the work.
best of luck, that sounds fraught with potential problems to me.
Plus, the all the time spent.
n.b. $17 sounds awfully expensive. Think my last jar was ten or eleven bucks.
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I'll drill shallow holes into the block of dried up Famowood with a standard metal cutting bit. Next comes a drivel of acetone to mix the powder that sits on the top. This way I get some small amounts of Famowood to use. I've got several cans I got in the 1980s that I'm still using. The Acetone mix doesn't work as well as the original, but the difference isn't much.
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(11-12-2024, 10:10 AM)Bob Vaughan Wrote: I'll drill shallow holes into the block of dried up Famowood with a standard metal cutting bit. Next comes a drivel of acetone to mix the powder that sits on the top. This way I get some small amounts of Famowood to use. I've got several cans I got in the 1980s that I'm still using. The Acetone mix doesn't work as well as the original, but the difference isn't much.
Sounds like a good solution...cept I tossed all the dried up cans last week.
