I use CA to seal fine cracks (or larger) in my turnings but it stains the wood deeply so sanding doesn’t get rid of it, and then it won’t take a real stain to hide it. Is there a solution?
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1. you might try mixing saw/sanding dust from the same wood with the glue and using that to fill the crack.
2. or just incorporate the crack into the piece as "design feature".
3. or use the saw/sanding dust with 5 minute epoxy. I have found that epoxy works as well or better the ca. It still does not take a stain but it does not penetrate into the pores/fibers of the wood like ca does. I think it works a little better.
4. accentuate (spelling?) the crack with a butterfly. This goes along with the idea of making the crack a "design feature". check out the David Marks web page (djmarks.com). On the section of his page labeled "TV" there is a list of his shows on DIY. One of those shows [I can't remember which] deals with fixing mistakes of defects in wood.
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